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I have read the selection process that was described in Lost Moon (the book of appolo 13). The NASA were literally recruiting superhumans back then. The smartes

I have read the selection process that was described in Lost Moon (the book of appolo 13). The NASA were literally recruiting superhumans back then. The smartest, healthiest, toughest and on on ... So I am not at all surprised that he managed to pull it off. https://www.countbayesie.com/blog/2015/2/18/hans-solo-and-bayesian-priors https://www.countbayesie.com/blog/2015/2/18/hans-solo-and-ba...

jonsen 11y ago
And at the interview they could fly any spacecraft on a whiteboard.
- JesperRavn 11y ago
  We are allowed to consider national hero's the "smartest". They get an exception to the usual PC rules. Software Engineers aren't allowed to be considered super smart because that would hint at biological determinism (not saying that one directly implies the other, but any connection is enough). Therefore any interview process that is designed to select for intelligence (rather than other qualities) is going to be regarded as illegitimate.