Re:American parenting is killing the American marriage (2014)
by xiaoma on Sunday November 08, 2015 @04:34PM
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College graduates are "better" than the whole population? Wow.
I completely disagree and as a college graduate I would never say something like that.
Re:American parenting is killing the American marriage (2014)
by Centigonal on Sunday November 08, 2015 @04:53PM
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Oh come on -- that's orthogonal to the point being made. However you define "success," it is true that some subgroup will have a higher potential of being successful than the average, i.e. all babies. Babies have the widest potential, but not the greatest potential.
Re:American parenting is killing the American marriage (2014)
by tertius on Monday November 09, 2015 @12:22AM
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Are you objecting on the grounds that this speech is offensive to non-graduates or that it's generally not the case given the context?
A test statement may be: A certain population is at the top of the IQ bell curve therefore they are smarter.
The IQ bell curve being the context.
Re:American parenting is killing the American marriage (2014)
by syntheticnature on Sunday November 08, 2015 @04:24PM
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Hate to be that person, but it is true that most babies will turn into all 22 year olds.
All babies will turn into all 22 year olds. Only some babies will turn into college graduates.
Therefore some of a population, if selected artificially (i.e. college graduates) will always be better than the whole population (i.e. all babies.)