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The Case Against Education by Bryan Caplan
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08-01-2020, 07:31 PM
(08-01-2020, 06:46 PM)LevelUP Wrote:
(08-01-2020, 05:27 PM)SteveFoerster Wrote:
(08-01-2020, 05:10 PM)LevelUP Wrote: By getting a college degree you are basically virtue signaling to employers things such as diligence and patience.

Signaling, yes. Virtue signaling is something else, at least to the extent it means anything at all beyond someone expressing an opinion with which the other person disagrees.

Straw man fallacy.

So, now that's two terms in a row that don't mean what you think they mean. Care to try for the hat trick?
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