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Is there a correlation between having a degree and competence? Because my experience is that there very much isn't. I would go so far as to say that the inform
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
Is there a correlation between having a degree and competence? Because my experience is that there very much isn't.
I would go so far as to say that the information age has made educational material so widely and easily available that the only value universities provide is signaling and wealth/class filtering.
- lotsofpulp 6y agoCould engineers that cheated their way through college have developed microprocessors? Built bridges and skyscrapers? Achieved space travel? Perhaps there is value in knowing someone has been able to work in a team setting and complete given tasks.
- necovek 6y agoThey certainly could. For instance, many of the still surviving bridges in Europe were built way before university degrees in architecture. I'll consider them cheaters because they didn't even attend a University! ;) But there is another way to look at it: can all non-cheating students build bridges, design microprocessors or design rockets? I can give you an affirmative no.