• evol@lemmy.today
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    10 hours ago

    People who talk about how college makes you “Enlightened”, “Well Rounded”, etc. always baffle me. These elite prestigious institutions graduate some of the most evil and diabolical human beings driven purely by greed and prestige. Socrates was wrong guys you don’t have to keep defending him

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      People who talk about how college makes you “Enlightened”, “Well Rounded”, etc. always baffle me.

      Being a young twenty year old living apart from your parents among your peers with lots of free time to study and develop your talents enlightens you and rounds you out.

      Universities are great because they facilitate that kind of social and intellectual development.

      These elite prestigious institutions graduate some of the most evil and diabolical human beings driven purely by greed and prestige.

      Evil people congregate in everywhere. I wouldn’t put this on universities specifically

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        Being a young twenty year old living apart from your parents among your peers with lots of free time to study and develop your talents enlightens you and rounds you out.

        I really never got this from my time at university, I guess I’m curious what “enlightenment” you felt you got out of it.

        Evil people congregate in everywhere. I wouldn’t put this on universities specifically

        Agreed but I get annoyed at people who have this idea of if we just educate everyone -> utopia and that conservatism is a function of undereducation, just look at what party german universities supported in the 1930s. It leads to kind of whigist thinking where we see more education happening -> more enlightened people -> better people when in the end its really just a tool

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      Socrates was wrong guys

      Yeah, he was, about a lot. But what specifically do you mean?