if i were university i would simply destroy my value prop of serving as a legal iq test for employershttps://twitter.com/TeresaWatanabe/status/1259964778912509952 …
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Replying to @eigenrobot
the ‘legalized IQ test’ argument doesn’t really hold water. read Caplan
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Replying to @acidshill
huh really? I'm not going to as he already sold me on the basics and that's a long book and I have so many others :) what's the main claim?
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Replying to @eigenrobot
here’s a scan of the relevant pagespic.twitter.com/ZELTtMPfey
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Replying to @acidshill @eigenrobot
caplan’s basic argument is that the college premium is a combination of a little ability bias (i.e. you have to be this intelligent+conscientious to get into college), and two casual effects: signaling (which accounts for the majority of the real increase in outcomes)
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Replying to @acidshill @eigenrobot
...and human capital (i.e. people actually learning things in college). caplan says that the main traits a college degree signals are intelligence, conscientiousness, and conformity
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Replying to @acidshill
I think that's probably a more correct description of what's going on Although I also think caplan's analysis here is a bit unsubtle for (bunch of boring sociological reasons and im TIRED) thank again, that was helpful!
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Replying to @eigenrobot @acidshill
I wrote a book review on it a couple years ago.https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/7t59x1/review_bryan_caplans_the_case_against_education/ …
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