Originally Posted By u/q0_0p At 2025-08-10 08:00:14 PM | Source


  • grindemup@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Damn bro I need to know what school you got a math degree from if your logical reasoning is that faulty!

      • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        A law, philosophy, or poli sci degree from a no name college holds a hell of a lot more weight for politics than a mathematics degree from Harvard. Know your limits.

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          3 months ago

          Online rankings seem to put Harvard pretty high for mathematics! So I wouldn’t disregard their opinion just because their degree is from Harvard. I would disregard their opinion because of how faulty the logic is though.

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            3 months ago

            It’s not the ranking, it’s the being completely out of their field. But y’know, someone should be able to pick up on that if they had gone to Harvard

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              3 months ago

              What do you mean? Harvard has excellent international ranking for math, specifically. How is this “being completely out of their field”?

        • yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          3 months ago

          I appreciate that you like philosophy. If we are interested in intelligence, though, a degree is less important than, say, how well you can do on a test like the LSAT. If we are interested in specialized skills, then a degree and the institution matter an awful lot. Keep in mind, however, that most people with any credentials from any institution are incomprehensibly stupid.

          I’m not sure how we would determine whether someone is a good person. That’s significantly more difficult. But certainly nobody motivated by money is a good person.