Epictetus comments on Why IQ shouldn't be considered an external factor - Less Wrong
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Most people realize they don't have the brainpower to be the next Einstein. On the contrary, the general population has a phobia of anything involving math. I don't think this imposes much of an obstacle against free will. If you restrict to the "It's not exactly rocket science" domain, there are still plenty of choices to be made.
There are plenty of things restricting my thought processes. There are memory and speed limitations. There's my upbringing and cultural norms. I know my thinking to be prone to error. Free will isn't about being completely free of all constraints. Our courts already apply a "reasonable person" test where they examine what a rational person with ordinary intellectual capabilities could be expected to do. Limits to one's mental abilities have always been accepted along with free will. In fact, most Christian free-will apologists would consider it outright blasphemous to suggest perfect reasoning ability.