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by awkward 385 days ago
Economic OR status gain is putting a lot of work on the or.

We've put into place a context for intellectual achievement at scale. Why shouldn't status be apportioned to someone who is recognized by a panel of peers and teachers to have useful insight into their field?
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aydyn 385 days ago
> Why shouldn't status be apportioned to someone who is recognized by a panel of peers and teachers to have useful insight into their field

Because many "fields" in colleges are not useful.

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fallingknife 384 days ago
Because a college degree isn't an intellectual achievement. It's 4 years of school when you've already done 13. I went to one of those schools where people go "oh, you went to $SCHOOL" when they find out, and I always want to roll my eyes because I didn't do shit to get that degree.
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