This is still the optimistic take - that decisions are being made for a sensible if socially sub-optimal reason. A different take is that they want to exclude intelligence because intelligent people cause all kinds of problems as the orthodoxy gets stupider and crazier.
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It's more complicated than expressed in that tweet of mine, but that 'different take' is entirely wrong.
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Replying to @gcochran99 @CovfefeAnon and
It might not be the only reason, but it's certainly a big part. Children of the elites will regress towards the mean, and nepotism is a natural human instinct. "Holistic admissions" in the name of racial justice provide a convenient excuse for the absence of transparency.
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Replying to @HyperDupont @CovfefeAnon and
Children of elites have always regressed towards the mean, but in 1970 white liberals could tolerate meritocracy and in 2021 they can't. While we're at it. on a lot of things, meritocracy hasn't worked very well. SAT doesn't measure resistance to the crazy.
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Replying to @gcochran99 @HyperDupont and
It’s the crazy part of certain smart people that leads them to want to get rid of standardized testing.
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Replying to @deputy_halen @gcochran99 and
Smart people who want to get rid of standardized testing without an adequate replacement aren’t smart. The smart thing to do is replace standardized testing with a better metric(s) of aptitude
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Replying to @terminalyonline @gcochran99 and
A lot of people who got into Harvard or Yale law school without the aid of affirmative action — who did exceptionally well on an intelligence test — want to get rid of standardized testing.
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Replying to @deputy_halen @terminalyonline and
They made it. No problem with closing the doors behind them if they can feel righteous about it.
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Replying to @HyperDupont @terminalyonline and
They're necessarily closing the doors to the children of their own friends and relations.
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They're calling up something they can't put down. Maybe some are cynically using it to ensure their sub-par kids get in but it takes on a life of its own as a coordination point. Anyone smart (and independent minded enough to consider it) would see this coming.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @deputy_halen and
Indeed, we shouldn't assume a well-thought-through long-term collective vision on their part.
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