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Re:Stanford to continue legacy admissions and withdraw from ... by idiotsecant on Saturday August 09, 2025 @09:20PM (#44851984)
People say that university is designed to teach you to 'think critically'. They say that a lot. I wonder, then, why it is that most people leaving university are not substantially better at thinking critically than any random person I meet.

There is real work and learning that happens in universities and there are people who actually care about those things but that work is tertiary to the primary function of the university, which is ensuring the continued existence of itself

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Re:Stanford to continue legacy admissions and withdraw from ... by revbrandco on Sunday August 10, 2025 @12:06AM (#44852676)
the uncomfortable thing that this thread is dancing around is the fact that college is not useful or necessary for the large majority of people who attend. People repeat things like “teaches critical thinking” because that’s what others say
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Re:Stanford to continue legacy admissions and withdraw from ... by tw04 on Sunday August 10, 2025 @12:29AM (#44852761)
No, people repeat things like “teaches critical thinking” because the statistics would show it’s true.
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Re:Stanford to continue legacy admissions and withdraw from ... by Ratelman on Sunday August 10, 2025 @03:45AM (#44853525)
Which statistics in which study? Given the current system any sampling from college/university would be cherry picking vs general populous (unless you also sample general population with similar constraints to ensure a like for like comparison) so can't really be trusted.
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Re:Stanford to continue legacy admissions and withdraw from ... by tw04 on Sunday August 10, 2025 @12:28AM (#44852755)
I’m sorry half this country currently believes that foreign countries pay our tariff's. Demographically speaking the vast majority of those people didn’t go to college.

Your anecdotal evidence is not reflected in reality.

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