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It doesn’t seem surprising. I’m not sure about all that working in ATC entails but piloting an aircraft requires a variety of cognitive skills. Pilots often have scientific or engineering training, which means they would overlap with the occupations near the top of that list.

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I would guess that IQ-by-profession ranking is an assessment of English punters. “Solicitors”? I guess that means lower-status lawyers, rather than Ladies of the Night. But if the data really did come from a survey in England, I could be wrong. :grinning:

Still, we should always ask the key question – Just where did the data come from?

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I was wondering the same. Very frustrating when people post data without linking the source.

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I would be of the opinion that both ATC and pilots are there because of better spatial understanding. Both realms deal with objects in 3D, not a natural thing to be able to do on the fly I think.

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In other words cognitively intensive. Not for the cognitively impaired.

Happy black history month. Only 27 days left

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Mexico tambien!

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Les Canadiens

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Both the Canadian dollar and the Mexican peso have bounced back to roughly their previous levels.

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I was hoping for a short trade war at least 24 hours of tariffs

We can’t test trade economic theories otherwise

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There are those who say that the US has been on the losing end of a trade war for the last two decades – and the accumulated Trade Deficit might suggest they are right.

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