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>Before this scandal basically no one knew or cared who the president of Harvard was. All of a sudden, we all have an opinion. This is how all new information
by lotsofpulp 3y ago
>Before this scandal basically no one knew or cared who the president of Harvard was. All of a sudden, we all have an opinion.
This is how all new information works.
And the highest ranking member of one of the highest ranking schools being a known cheater seems like a newsworthy thing (regardless of the motivation of those publicizing the information).
It is signal rather than noise, in that it can provide a more accurate prior probability to people about the brand name of the school and people coming from it.
- twelfthnight 3y agoI hear you. It's good to point out and hold accountable people in positions of power who are corrupt. My argument is that (to me) I doubt a leader being corrupt is uncommon. Thus I think it's worth questioning why we are focusing so heavily on this one specific person versus a general story on corruption. For instance, does someone have an agenda against her identity or political views? That definitely doesn't exonerate her, but it's worth sensing if we the public are having our attention focused in a certain way in service of someone's agenda.