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Re:Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-opt... by causi on Saturday December 18, 2021 @12:42AM (#29602024)
it's bad for multicultural societies where some cultures are significantly more conscientious and dutiful than others, or simply have different values

Sure, go ahead and see what happens when you disconnect negative behavior from negative outcomes. I'm sure that has no long-term consequences for your civilization.

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Re:Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-opt... by markdown on Saturday December 18, 2021 @03:33AM (#29602882)
That's a straw man you've constructed. I've never said that negative behaviour is going to be rewarded.

Getting back to Harvard, everyone who goes there will be extremely competent. You seem to be suggesting that they'll be accepting slackers and truants.

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Re:Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-opt... by causi on Saturday December 18, 2021 @05:21AM (#29603387)
Getting back to Harvard, everyone who goes there will be extremely competent [citation needed]
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Re:Harvard won’t require SAT or ACT through 2026 as test-opt... by polski-g on Saturday December 18, 2021 @10:43AM (#29605247)
> Getting back to Harvard, everyone who goes there will be extremely competent

Now. Once they start admitting students absent an IQ test, don't be surprised when it's prestige and the assumed quality of it's graduates is diminished.

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