[who_would_fardels_bear]

So for the past several decades our military has only been picking individuals from the extreme high-end tail of a normal distribution.

Along comes another group of individuals who come from a different normal distribution with a lower mean value.

How many individuals can we select from this lower distribution so that we won't lower the overall capabilities of the final selected group?

If the answer is not very close to zero then we must be using politically correct math.

[DesertRhino]

“How many individuals can we select from this lower distribution so that we won’t lower the overall capabilities of the final selected group?”

An unprovable, silent, two-tiered system is the answer. Mix them into teams in training. Use them for nothing real. Give them army commendation medals and legions of merit. Put their picture in the paper. Ride the bench. Nobody has a right to be deployed, to go on missions, etc.