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We do discriminate against things people can't control, like intelligence. If you have an IQ of 80, I can almost guarantee you will not be accepted to a college to become an architect, lawyer, or doctor.

But also, discriminating against things people can control is really just one party trying to apply soft power over another, and I am generally against it. You might be able to legally say you can't work at this company if you like to go bowling in your free time, but I don't think it would be a right thing to do.



Intelligence directly affects, and can be observed in, employee work output.

For some jobs, other it may not matter.

In fact, US courts have upheld explicit discrimination against people of higher IQ: https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/st...




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