Re:Illusory Superiority
by constantcrying on Thursday July 20, 2023 @05:10AM
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>But we probably don'
We do. As is evident by the existence of many highly educated people.
>The success of my peers absolutely does not prove that the means exist that would work for me, in my particular circumstances and given my particular starting point.
It does. Unless there is some non-environmental difference.
>If your definition of "luck" is so restrictive as to say that a person's genes aren't luck
They aren't luck since they are predictable to a certain extent. It isn't luck that you get a high paying job after geting a good education either.
In terms of education, I agree that if we have the means to do better then it is cruel not to. But we probably don't, and aren't likely to soon, short of a fully completed science of the human brain. The success of my peers absolutely does not prove that the means exist that would work for me, in my particular circumstances and given my particular starting point.