Message from @ebinmemes22

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2019-07-12 09:51:46 UTC  

i was really antischool lol

2019-07-12 09:51:54 UTC  

running around the fields didnt help haha

2019-07-12 09:51:57 UTC  

Ah yes sign here name and id to take a piss but I can also just sit on my phone all day and none gives a fuck

2019-07-12 09:52:07 UTC  

@ebinmemes22 I know, but it still evolved finger-like appendages without needing to climb trees. Rather, it used them to grip limbs to nibble off the branches similar to how giant ground sloths functioned.

2019-07-12 09:52:13 UTC  

Clearly svarozgyc is a Richard and Mortimer fan too

2019-07-12 09:52:22 UTC  

lol

2019-07-12 09:52:30 UTC  

school is no place for smart kids

2019-07-12 09:52:48 UTC  

It’s that old thing of “convergent evolution” that I was talking about taking place.

2019-07-12 09:52:57 UTC  

I only learned to enjoy sport right as I left school

2019-07-12 09:53:09 UTC  

i got kicked out of uni for not attending PE

2019-07-12 09:53:17 UTC  

tru story from eastern europe

2019-07-12 09:53:19 UTC  

@Little Boots and it didn't have the intelligence, social structure or ability to walk on two legs so it didn't become smart. It'd need a lot of work

2019-07-12 09:53:47 UTC  

It's not just about the fingers, it's about ending up using them to hold things, like a baby or a stick

2019-07-12 09:54:52 UTC  

@ebinmemes22 I know. I’m just showing how fingers could develop without needing to climb trees.

2019-07-12 09:55:09 UTC  

Thumbs are a different story.

2019-07-12 09:55:16 UTC  

Ye but in the overall argument that was had in the first place it doesn't help much lol

2019-07-12 09:55:34 UTC  

Thumbs is the part that prolly requires tree climbing lol

2019-07-12 09:56:33 UTC  

I might try to do an entire hypothetical species development and try to hypothesize potential ways appendages needed for gripping tools could develop and see if it’s possible without needing to climb trees.

2019-07-12 09:56:55 UTC  

Well octopi can grip things

2019-07-12 09:57:00 UTC  

They're pretty smart too

2019-07-12 09:57:30 UTC  

Their problem is that they're trapped underwater

2019-07-12 09:57:59 UTC  

There's even a species that catches fish to ride on their backs for fun lol

2019-07-12 09:58:24 UTC  

Hyper intelligent crows.

2019-07-12 09:58:51 UTC  

Hyper intelligent trilobites

2019-07-12 09:59:03 UTC  

Hyper intelligent potatoes.

2019-07-12 10:00:12 UTC  

Omega brain: A talking plant named Seymour.

2019-07-12 10:00:33 UTC  

This is something that needs to be said: There is NEVER such a thing as "two equally qualified candidates." There is ALWAYS someone who is more qualified, even if it's just marginally.

2019-07-12 10:01:25 UTC  

Maybe someone has an extra three weeks of work experience, or scored two points higher out of a thousand on a "relevant knowledge" test. There are NEVER equally qualified workers. Ever.

If they're coming up with identical scores, then test more. Eventually one will come out ahead.

2019-07-12 10:01:38 UTC  

Yeah but their CV is unlikely to go into that exact detail level

2019-07-12 10:01:50 UTC  

And also whypipo bad guise

2019-07-12 10:02:25 UTC  

That's why I'd strongly prefer a blind hiring system, where you can't discriminate on race because you don't even know who the fuck you're looking at.

All you know is "College Degree X" with "Y GPA" and "Z score" on some skills test to filter out the chaff.

2019-07-12 10:03:12 UTC  

Or maybe it's the kind of job where people can submit a portfolio of prior work, so you can judge people on that.

2019-07-12 10:04:19 UTC  

There still have to be interviews

2019-07-12 10:04:25 UTC  

To do those tests

2019-07-12 10:05:04 UTC  

Most interviewers, from what I've read, don't actually know what the fuck they're doing. Instead of hiring the best people for the job they just hire whoever is the best at bullshitting the interviewer.

2019-07-12 10:05:25 UTC  

Effectively, like the American voter they end up hiring the person they'd want to have a beer with instead of the person who is legitimately most suited for the job.

2019-07-12 10:06:14 UTC  

Given that, most companies would be better off if they fired the HR department and rented out a classroom in some local high school to have prospective hires take a pen and paper test. Whoever gets the best scores gets the job.

2019-07-12 10:06:43 UTC  

You'd probably end up with better workers, far more so than if you trusted an interviewer to do the job for you.

2019-07-12 10:07:40 UTC  

But then who would Stacy complain to when her boss dares to put his hands on her shoulders

2019-07-12 10:08:22 UTC  

Huffpost