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standy17817··on Dropping the SAT requirement is a luxury belief
It was a Supreme Court case, Griggs vs Duke Power, in 1970. Since then, employers cannot use IQ tests or standardized tests, since they were deemed discriminatory against minorities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griggs_v._Duke_Power_Co.

standy17817··on Orcas are breaking rudders off boats in Europe
Doubt it's a matter of confinement, and more of continued exposure to Orcas.

Put a person around an Orca for long enough, and eventually, the odds are reasonable that the Orca will kill them.

standy17817··on Orcas are breaking rudders off boats in Europe
Humans first made their way into the oceans relatively recently, often in a boat, and extremely late in the Orca's biological evolution.

It wasn't until recently that humans would be numerous enough in the water to be a viable food source for an Orca.

Tweak some things about our evolution and Orcas would kill humans often, sometimes for fun.

Orcas are the Hannibal Lectors of the Sea.