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"the three hot trends in Silicon Valley horseshit... An industry that never stops lauding itself for its creativity and innovation has built its own success myt
by bjornlouser 9y ago
"the three hot trends in Silicon Valley horseshit... An industry that never stops lauding itself for its creativity and innovation has built its own success mythology by endlessly repackaging the same banal functions that have existed for about as long as the Web"
Pretty funny coming from an academic who would gladly make a living pushing standardized testing at the undergraduate level.
- dccoolgai 9y agohttps://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/tu-quoque https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/tu-quoque
- iamatworknow 9y agoIn what world do you think academics like standardized testing? Every teacher or professor I've ever met loathes the idea of having to "teach to the test". They didn't set the standards, but they're forced to follow them.
- bjornlouser 9y agohttps://static.newamerica.org/attachments/12843-standardized-assessments-of-college-learning/Assessment-White-Paper.72b9bbb2cf0447b4aacaabe6e6ea1824.pdf https://static.newamerica.org/attachments/12843-standardized...
- iamatworknow 9y agoMy bad. I thought you were making a more general argument about academics. In this case, you're right.
- dwaltrip 9y agoYou should have put that in your original post. I made the same mistake as my sibling and thought you were just swiping at academics in general.
- Apocryphon 9y agoSounds like a non sequitur, though. Standardized testing in academia isn't necessarily a sign of lack of creativity or innovation.
- dcre 9y agoHe is a critic of most standardized testing. He wants to figure out how we can do better.
- CPUstring 9y agoSounds kind of like ad hominem bro