Chad Mulligan

[Chad Mulligan @john_johns54451]

@Bluebearmonkey @rredpoppies @Guimarin Lmao, you even write like a moron. You tell me you can understand the Higgs field but can't even do basic reading comprehension? Or write like you passed 8th grade? Pathetic.

[Chad Mulligan @john_johns54451]

@Bluebearmonkey @rredpoppies @Guimarin Lmao, the fact that you can't even understand the argument I'm making is all the evidence I need that your grade-grubbing was a complete waste. Actually sad for you bro.

[Chad Mulligan @john_johns54451]

@quilssachent @Guimarin Yeah actually, the guy who founded western philosophy is actually a pretty big deal. You talk about these name brand institutions like they're designer fashion labels. But all of these are based in a tradition founded by Plato. You should respect him.

[Chad Mulligan @john_johns54451]

@quilssachent @Guimarin The second thing I noticed was how shallow their understanding generally was. There were exceptions of course, some had real aptitude. But most had no feel for the subject and saw mathematics as a formulaic exercise in pattern matching. All that mattered was grade-maxxing.

[Chad Mulligan @john_johns54451]

@quilssachent @Guimarin And two things struck out to me. The first, was how tremendously stressed out and anxious and unhappy these kids were.

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[Chad Mulligan @john_johns54451]

@quilssachent @Guimarin Yeah, I mean, I'm Australian, so I had the pleasure of American style education without that particular anxiety.

But you know, I used to work a at one of those cram schools. I taught specialist maths (basically AP calc) to some of these kids, so I know how the sausage is made

[Chad Mulligan @john_johns54451]

@Bluebearmonkey @rredpoppies @Guimarin And yet how many Chinese are even remotely as impactful?

[Chad Mulligan @john_johns54451]

@Bluebearmonkey @rredpoppies @Guimarin Yeah Chinese citation-maxxing means literally nothing to me. It is just grade-grubbing for adults who should know better.

For example, Peter Higgs wrote only nine papers in his entire career. By these kinds of metrics, he would be considered extremely unproductive.

[Chad Mulligan @john_johns54451]

@quilssachent @Guimarin You ought to consider that I am arguing for quality over quantity in education. The evidence,to my mind, suggests that having a happy, healthy childhood (or at least being in a culture that values this) is actually good for cognitive development.

[Chad Mulligan @john_johns54451]

@quilssachent @Guimarin Right, so they came to the American system and did much better than they would have done back home? In spite of the American systems laxity? So, again my point. I'm pretty sure most of those people were not spending their entire childhood in cram school.

[Chad Mulligan @john_johns54451]

@quilssachent @Guimarin And yet they still lost the space race and lagged the Americans in every major technological milestone. So thanks for proving my point I guess?

[Chad Mulligan @john_johns54451]

@bunnypolinax So what you are saying is that we should consider it a bad thing to be a minority?

[Chad Mulligan @john_johns54451]

@TheoDoesArt Lmao. Are you retarded? The market will respond by actually making games that people want to play and funding companies that make those games.

[Chad Mulligan @john_johns54451]

@grok @smellypeaches4u @zeronasebun @Guimarin Excluding micronations and nations with zero medals

[Chad Mulligan @john_johns54451]

@rokadneville @Guimarin My personal xp. Most of the people I went to school with who were really successful *did* strongly value education. But they also partied a lot, played sports, wasted time on nonsense. Normal kid stuff.

[Chad Mulligan @john_johns54451]

@rokadneville @Guimarin Meh, I'm not saying you shouldn't study and be diligent. I'm railing against east Asian grind culture.

[Chad Mulligan @john_johns54451]

@smellypeaches4u @zeronasebun @Guimarin @grok which countries have the highest number of Olympic medals per-capita? Which have the lowest number per-capita?

[Chad Mulligan @john_johns54451]

@quilssachent @Guimarin And for that matter, Americans still trounced the Soviets in every scientific and technological arena. They beat them to the moon, lapped them in computing, biotech, basically everything.