Norwegian study reveals weakening link between education and cognitive ability

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[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Just because intelligence doesn't increase, doesn't mean education is useless.

Strawman argument. Of course education is useful and necessary to those people who are intelligent enough to function in sophisticated environments and perform skilled trades. Generously that is people with an IQ over 100, which is only half of the population. Rationally only those with an IQ over 120 have a necessity for it.

Even though 80% of my classes at university were a waste of time, the 20% wasn't.

First off that is entirely intentional. Colleges fluff their curriculum and even class time with time wasting junk in order to justify extracting so much money.

Secondly, the 20% benefit you got most likely could have come from a better source, like on the job training or a social club like a hackerspace. It would have been higher quality, cheaper and left you less arrogant.

It is like buying the $500 shampoo when the $20 shampoo has the exact same ingredients.

And once you factor in all the harm colleges are causing with their far left agenda on the whole they are a detriment to society.

[–]binaryblob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Secondly, the 20% benefit you got most likely could have come from a better source, like on the job training or a social club like a hackerspace. It would have been higher quality, cheaper and left you less arrogant.

Feel free to have your opinion, but while I think almost everyone is an idiot, some of my professors were not. I am not arrogant; I am just so much better that I am incomparable.

There was hardly any political bias at my university.