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by footy 403 days ago
no, if a 33 or 40 or 99 year old student were doing this I'd find it just as bleak.
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They tend to write fewer of those type of articles because people aren't so credulous about how dumb the olds are these days.
My partner's an academic and this tracks with what I've heard from her and her colleagues. It's possible they're all in on a conspiracy to lie to me for shits and giggles, but I doubt it.

I also remember what it was like to be in University and I know several of my classmates would have done this if it had been available. Human nature has not fundamentally changed in the 13 years since I finished school.

Here is a similar article primarily about middle-aged adults: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spi...