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SS: I make a case for drastically cutting back on education. I argue that education doesn’t achieve its desired goals. The material is irrelevant and students forget much of the material. Most information taught in schools is quickly accessible with a smartphone. Education might be warranted if it boosted cognitive ability but it appears to be increasing IQ scores rather than actual ability to think.
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Example from the study: 78% of men and 59% of women know that oil, natural gas and coal are examples of fossil fuels. If the YouTube videos above reflected this, they would have twice as many stupid answers from women than from men. They have about x3 as many women as men (quick check, it seems like more since the women gets more air time). But the disparity would increase as the questions gets easier, and the questions do seem easier than this, so maybe they do reflect a fair sample. I still think these kind of YouTube videos are full of bias and make bad models unless they seem really trustworthy in their methodology (which the linked ones don't).
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