“All of them had been so tested and retested that they had acquired considerable skill in answering test questions the way the examiners wanted them answered.”

—  Frederik Pohl , book Man Plus

Source: Man Plus (1976), Chapter 4, “Group of Probable Pallbearers” (p. 41)

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