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I've spent a lot of time in academia and the fact is, people will cheat if they can. That's why you have to implement proctoring and oral exams to prevent cheat
by vouaobrasil 3mo ago
I've spent a lot of time in academia and the fact is, people will cheat if they can. That's why you have to implement proctoring and oral exams to prevent cheating. Because if cheating is a strategy that gets you a job and money, it will be implemented regardless. People are not ethical on average.
- ColdStream 3mo agoI think it is because we are implementing Goodharts law on a society scale. "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure" Many people see others taking short cuts and getting rewarded so that is seen as a legitimate path now. This works short term but errodes the foundations of that society over time. So yeah this tracks for how things are going.
- HPsquared 3mo agoHaving a degree itself used to be a pretty good measure of something, and now it's pretty meaningless. (Unless you don't have one of course)
- vouaobrasil 3mo agoYou're right, except that I'd also modify your statement slightly by saying that we're not really implementing anything - and it's just an emergent property of large systems of people interacting.