> I know some people who went into the air force out of high school. They are idiots

Every population has some idiots in it. My point is the Air Force is difficult to get into, has a high fraction of educated servicemembers [1], has lower turnover and higher pay than the other branches. (Back when we measured IQ, the Air Force had a higher average IQ than the other branches and population.)

I know idiots who work at Google. That doesn't it's safe to assume the average person at Google is an idiot.

[1] https://www.collegevine.com/faq/90807/most-educated-branch-o...

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wslh 2 days ago | parent [-]

I'm not sure if this is the message you intended, but it's worth noting that having a high IQ doesn't necessarily prevent someone from being an idiot.

Historically the word "idiot" was used particularly with those with very low IQ scores but now is a pejorative term.

	▲	JumpCrisscross 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Within the context, we’re talking about someone who can be trusted to be mature with a firearm. That’s more true for an average Air Force servicemember than the average American. I’d reflect OP’e scepticism if we were talking about the average Army, Marine or Navy servicemember, in large part because young men are stupid and the folks in those services skew younger than the Air Force.