
193. Chris Edwards on Educational Reform and Thought Experiments
The Michael Shermer Show
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Is It a College Degree?
People with a bachelor's degree make x times more than people without it. But it does still matter, like lifelong earnings. And ah, there's a cultural norm that develops when kids are or sort of funnelled through that system. What a brian catherin has booke the case against education. He calls that signalling. If i meet somebody that's got nice, straight, white teeth, how many things can i tell about them from that? That they've had braces, that they've had braces,. They'v probably come from from a good middle class home, et cetera, et ceterate et ceton.
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