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From: srm@nsc.UUCP (Richard Mateosian)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.social
Subject: Re: Intelligence
Message-ID: <2823@nsc.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 9-Jun-85 08:16:50 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun  9 08:16:50 1985
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Reply-To: srm@nsc.UUCP (Richard Mateosian)
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Summary: 

>It seems to me that *any* selection criterion that eliminates 98%
>of the candidates is self-defeating.

That depends on how many you're selecting from and how many slots you have
to fill.  And if a REQUIREMENT is *not* used as a selection criterion, then
you're wasting your time, even if 99.99999% of candidates would be eliminated.

In other words, if you're selecting a one-and-only lifelong mate from the 
n billion people in the world, a selection criterion that cuts out 98% is
a good start.
-- 
Richard Mateosian
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