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Re:A twelve-year-old on the failed promise of educational te... by foobarian on Sunday November 16, 2025 @12:19PM (#45946695)
> But that's not possible, allowing kids the choice to possibly not be educated

It's not not possible, but the problem is you'd end up with a majority uneducated populous who would decide that sacrificing goats and watering crops with Gatorade is the thing to do, and they would hang you if you disagreed

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Re:A twelve-year-old on the failed promise of educational te... by card_zero on Sunday November 16, 2025 @02:13PM (#45947568)
I don't know. I'd like Mike Judge's opinion on this point. Does trapping people in a building and forcing them to stack up academic KPIs really make them less stupid? I suppose it keeps them away from superstition and hoaxes and scams. Maybe. Does it even help with that? It's probably the socialization that matters.
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