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I was making a point beyond the general idea that rankings are stupid. These particular rankings, particularly of the California schools is terrible. There is

by xiaoma 17y ago

I was making a point beyond the general idea that rankings are stupid. These particular rankings, particularly of the California schools is terrible. There is a difference between ULCA and Berkley. Especially when looking at the metrics of very top level achievement, such as Nobel Prizes, the difference between #1 and #40 can be very large.

unalone 17y ago
Nobel Prizes are not a metric for achievement. That's insane. It's the most selective and irritatingly limited metric you could come up with. What I'm trying to get you to understand, xiaoma, is that if ranking anything is stupid, then it doesn't make sense to point to a certain ranking system and say "Gee, that's stupid." Of course it's stupid. It's ranking.