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I'm sure that I will get in trouble for this but... The SAT/ACT system is corrupt. It's plain an simple. Follow the money. It's as simple as that. The root of

I'm sure that I will get in trouble for this but... The SAT/ACT system is corrupt. It's plain an simple. Follow the money. It's as simple as that. The root of most issues involve simple economics. (Maybe a little broad of a statement, so take it with a grain of salt, but certainly applies in this case.) The tests are built on revenue from the taking the tests and industry selling you prep material. I don't have time to find the article but the SAT organization got busted a while back for charging different prices for different zip codes. Although I can't prove it, but I'm sure there were kickback for universities that used the tests. It's a little unsubstantiated claim but we already know you can bribe your way into to school. (The Rick Singer debacle) Why wouldn't these "Testing" companies be doing the same. Memorizing a method/strategy to take test is a waste of time and national resources.

totalZero 7y ago
How can you be sure of something that you cannot prove?
- erikpukinskis 7y ago
  Provable is a tiny subset of true. Much truth is accessible just by looking.
  - totalZero 7y ago
    "Unprovable but true" has often turned out to be "false," if we look to history. This is the reason that scientific epistemology is reliant on empiricism.
- chad_strategic 7y ago
  I said I couldn't prove it. If I was an investigative journalist and or I had significant amount of time, then I would look into it.
  - totalZero 7y ago
    "...I can't prove it, but I'm sure..." You said you can't prove it AND that you're sure. This is not a good way to think. In the words of Mark Twain, “It’s not what we don’t know that gets us in trouble. It’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so.”
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    - chad_strategic 7y ago
      Well anybody that quotes Mark Twain, wins the battle. But I will politely quote Ben Folds Five: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y1wm7CFRCQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y1wm7CFRCQ Some cherry pop music for these crazy times.

totalZero 7y ago

How can you be sure of something that you cannot prove?

erikpukinskis 7y ago
Provable is a tiny subset of true. Much truth is accessible just by looking.
- totalZero 7y ago
  "Unprovable but true" has often turned out to be "false," if we look to history. This is the reason that scientific epistemology is reliant on empiricism.
chad_strategic 7y ago
I said I couldn't prove it. If I was an investigative journalist and or I had significant amount of time, then I would look into it.
- totalZero 7y ago
  "...I can't prove it, but I'm sure..." You said you can't prove it AND that you're sure. This is not a good way to think. In the words of Mark Twain, “It’s not what we don’t know that gets us in trouble. It’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so.”
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  - chad_strategic 7y ago
    Well anybody that quotes Mark Twain, wins the battle. But I will politely quote Ben Folds Five: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y1wm7CFRCQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y1wm7CFRCQ Some cherry pop music for these crazy times.