I have a bunch. I think the biggest one is that some people are naturally dumber than other people and can’t be fixed by education. I don’t think this broadly applies to any specific ethnic group or anything, but I do think that there is likely a genetic component to intelligence. I also don’t think that we should prevent these people from breeding or treat them as inferior, but I also think that sending these people to college is a waste of time and expecting them to do well on college either waters down the college education experience or puts unfair expectations on them. I worry a lot about how these people will fare in an increasingly automated world and the answer is not good at all.
sending these people to college is a waste of time
I’m with you up to this point. There’s more to college than degree tracks and academic excellence, it’s an important opportunity to experience a wide array of topic and interact with all sorts of different people. And below-average intelligence does not necessarily mean bad-at-every-subject just as the inverse is true. The problem is expecting very college experience to be the traditional 4 year degree. The financial barrier is also unacceptable.
I have a bunch. I think the biggest one is that some people are naturally dumber than other people and can’t be fixed by education. I don’t think this broadly applies to any specific ethnic group or anything, but I do think that there is likely a genetic component to intelligence. I also don’t think that we should prevent these people from breeding or treat them as inferior, but I also think that sending these people to college is a waste of time and expecting them to do well on college either waters down the college education experience or puts unfair expectations on them. I worry a lot about how these people will fare in an increasingly automated world and the answer is not good at all.
I’m with you up to this point. There’s more to college than degree tracks and academic excellence, it’s an important opportunity to experience a wide array of topic and interact with all sorts of different people. And below-average intelligence does not necessarily mean bad-at-every-subject just as the inverse is true. The problem is expecting very college experience to be the traditional 4 year degree. The financial barrier is also unacceptable.