Re:The Surprising Psychology of Impressiveness
by jacobolus on Saturday March 27, 2010 @03:06AM
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You know a lot of high school students with “massively right” unique insights into the world that no one has thought of before? Enough to make up a freshman class at a mid-sized school?
Re:The Surprising Psychology of Impressiveness
by kiba on Saturday March 27, 2010 @03:14AM
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You know a lot of high school students with “massively right” unique insights into the world that no one has thought of before? Enough to make up a freshman class at a mid-sized school?
Just one guy/gal in his lifetime is what a college admission officer would hope for in his entire career.
That's all he need to cause a revolution in a field.
The problem is of course, how to find the genuine article in a pool full of candidates sprouting impressive grades and other distracting signals which are probably incidental or have nothing to do with massively right insights generators.
My guesses and your guesses is probably as good as the college admission officers. The chance of scoring a direct hit because the officer was able to correctly reasoned that this guy is what he's looking for is probably incredibly low.
The ability to cause havocs in UN meetings would more impressed me. Competing with the United States Post Office and then crushing them is also an incredibly impressive to me.
What I would search for, as a college admission office is people who is likely to defy authorities and be massively right. If I can get that guy into college, then that's the greatest achievement I could hope for, because this guy will have massive positive impact in this world.
I don't need Obamas people, but I would like more Talebs people in my school.