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		discombobulate on Feb 27, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What should I tell my cousin who wants to ... I would fire someone for hiring based on a physical characteristic (for knowledge work). It's idiotic. It sounds no better than random.

OJFord on Feb 27, 2017 [–]

If you can distinguish it from the average, then it's worse than random (that is, going with or against the average case uniformly at random).

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