[BinaryIdiot]

> In short, throw people out for almost any reason you want, and HN will defend your right to do so

No way. All those reasons you mentioned above you've really seen people on HN defend those without being downvoted? I only ever see HN against many of those items of discrimination you mention...

> There's at least one good thing about standardized testing: at least it's standardized and objective rather than being based on vague emotional criteria

Except they're not objective but you're right they are standardized. This is not a good way of measuring people for many reasons. The more importance you put into standardize testing the more you get teachers teaching only the content contained within and you put more weight against a teacher's grading styles (which can vary wildly even on standardized testing when they're graded away from the school).

Standardized testing probably has its place but as criteria for employment is laughable at best.