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Re:Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-opt... by sanxiyn on Saturday December 18, 2021 @12:02AM (#29601823)
Meritocracy is unfair because most merit is unearned. For example, I am very smart, I won national math olympiads, but I didn't spend much effort to be good at math. Showering me with advantages feels deeply unfair.

I mean, if some job requires being good at math, I agree math ability should be considered. It's just that I don't think it should be high status or prestigious.

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Re:Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-opt... by recursive on Saturday December 18, 2021 @01:10PM (#29606853)
There are a lot of tasks where quality and correctness is more important than fairness. If we could even agree what fair actually is.
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