Isn't the legal system 'artificial' by that sort of definition? Should people feel obliged to follow those artificial rules?[1] Also, dismissing a system with

Isn't the legal system 'artificial' by that sort of definition? Should people feel obliged to follow those artificial rules?[1] Also, dismissing a system with a simple "Well, I don't watch it / it doesn't affect me" is a pretty weak argument compared actually addressing how dishonesty & cheating affects those who do participate. (And whether you personally engage or not, I'm sure sport, like education, does somehow impact your life in some way.) > I resent the fact that I had to spend so much time [...] learning so much theory that I never use in the real world. Like what? Are you certain you have never and will never use it? Is it equally worthless to everyone, or is there some benefit to some of the people that happen to not be you? Was it completely unavoidable? Did you investigate your curricula before enrolling, and choose only things directly related to your present career? I agree that the current qualifications system is broken, IMO having a lot to do with (especially in the UK) pitching university as an essential part of education, and destroying/replacing the whole technical college system in its favour. I can't accept that the best way to fix it is to make everything worse for everyone until it finally collapses though. > Nice straw man bro If we accept that I'm a dishonest person attempting to bypass the 'has good university credentials' check, why wouldn't you expect me to also cheat at building a portfolio, and maybe practising my interview-bullshit techniques in order to best land a job? I can't imagine any system that has to assume maximum dishonesty could ever be more efficient than one where you can actually trust the information given to you. Granted, it's a spectrum, but you're seemingly arguing in favour of some sort of 'distrust, then verify, then verify some more' approach, which seems weird. [1] There are plenty of good arguments for and against, this isn't just a trick question.