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by vessenes 26 days ago
Thanks for this. No idea why you're getting downvoted on this background.

Anything promising that helps students learn and learn more effectively is obviously incredibly valuable. My concern here is that I don't read anything trying to disambiguate students who just, you know, work harder, and therefore used whatever materials they had to hand including Phosphor, from those who work at the same level and chose not to use Phosphor.

We all recall from our days in undergrad that there are students who do nothing and slide by, a few who do nothing and ace everything, and students who outwork everyone else and outperform -- I think a tool that only helps grinders who were already going to grind is likely not the contribution you're hoping to make.