isn't this just correlation vs causation? 2 people submit the same idea. 1 gets in, the other doesn't. yc, basing their decision on the founder themselves and

isn't this just correlation vs causation? 2 people submit the same idea. 1 gets in, the other doesn't. yc, basing their decision on the founder themselves and not so much the idea, chose person 1, who had more of the founder characteristics (determination, ... i forget the rest). maybe there's a higher chance that between 2 people, 1 from harvard 1 not, the harvard person has those characteristics. could be they "learnt" it there, or they had to use those same skills to even get into harvard, or whatever. but it doesn't mean they got in because of the harvard degree apply that same logic of thousands of people, maybe it looks like they prefer harvard candidates.