[gmadsen]

You still need 2 deviations above the average college student to get to med school. As a rough proxy for intelligence. The bottom threshold for doctors is certainly higher than lawyers

[HPsquared]

It doesn't matter how intelligent they are, if they only have 5 minutes to spend on your case.

[threethirtytwo]

It’s 120 to 130 which is similar to engineers.

They aren’t that much smarter. The selection criteria is more about the ability to handle pressure than it is about raw intelligence.

Tons of bottom feeders go to medical schools in say Kansas, so there’s a lot of leeway here in terms of intelligence.

[nradov]

What a weird comment. There are several good medical schools in Kansas. In particular the University of Kansas School of Medicine is top notch.

[kulahan]

Huh? So your complaint is that you keep getting black doctors? That’s dumb, but whatever - why not just… get a white doctor? Or Asian or whatever you think is the smart one?