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To: koan who wrote (50292)	1/1/2018 2:33:15 PM
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In science they have a term called "knowledge directed perception". There's also a term called "confirmation bias," which means seeing what one believes rather than believing what one sees. You got a masters degree. so you think people should do as you say, not as you do, and so does he. That is hypocritical. Good grief! Neither of us is telling anyone what to do. Issues are being raised and points are being made. It's fodder for thoughtful discussion and perhaps public policy change. I mentioned that I read a lot of economist blogs. It's not that I'm into economics. Their writing appeals to me because I think like an economist, which is a rational thought process and many economists write about general topics. I naturally focus on things like externalities and marginal value and efficiency and cost effectiveness. If you take some active kid with an 90 IQ, a strong back, and a love of the outdoors and send him to college, he may get some enlightenment out of it, but not enough to warrant the expense and he would be miserable. The marginal value of that education is minuscule if exists at all and that's a terribly inefficient use of resources. Better for him and for society at large that he learn to do something to which he is better suited and that he start working earlier. I will tell you because an educated person can usually have the skills needed to do the job. It is not a matter of signaling, it is a matter of knowing how to do things. You seem to be most interested in education as growth and enlightenment. You previously mentioned fields of study that are suitable for that. But, as I mentioned before, colleges have multiple roles. You want to mash them all together. You study philosophy, you get enlightened. You study mechanical engineering, you get skills. At some point after I graduated, colleges morphed from ivy to trade school. Korea developed the technological skills to grow a successful economy. Good for them. Technical skill is not the same as contemplating one's navel on a higher plane. Neither is suitable for everyone. The two are not in equal demand in various societies at various times. If everyone is educated, bosses will be picked by individual capabilities as determined by people who hire them. That's the way it works now. How does educating everyone change either the relative capabilities of applicants or the hiring determinations of bosses? You never addressed that question. How does educating the kids at the back of the concert hall get them a better shot at the jobs currently filled by the signalers?