I only learned to enjoy sport right as I left school

i got kicked out of uni for not attending PE

tru story from eastern europe

@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

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

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

Thumbs are a different story.

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

Thumbs is the part that prolly requires tree climbing lol

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.

Well octopi can grip things

They're pretty smart too

Their problem is that they're trapped underwater

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

Hyper intelligent crows.

Hyper intelligent trilobites

Hyper intelligent potatoes.

https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Seymour_(Fallout_2)

Omega brain: A talking plant named Seymour.

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.

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.

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

And also whypipo bad guise

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.

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

There still have to be interviews

To do those tests

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Huffpost

I don't trust voters, and I don't trust HR departments.

What I trust is an unbiased, objective performance metric. Even if it's just a knowledge test. At the very least you're selecting for people who are willing to study intensively in an effort to get the job they want.

Someone that's willing to spend 10+ hours cramming for a firefighter's exam is probably more qualified than some jackass from the local community college. If you're worried about physical abilities, then have them take a physical test too and add that to their overall score.

Accurately reading polls is like shooting a shotgun.

Stupid?

You get a spread around different places but a pretty consistent spread at a target

Also, accuracy goes to shit when you're far away.

Except for the 2016 election

True

Where they were shooting blindfolded