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← Academic talent is normally distributed, so some students failing is inevitable rather than anybody's fault.

17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 13 May 2007 to 30 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under education education Everything filed under America America Everything filed under curiosity curiosity Everything filed under mathematics mathematics Everything filed under management management Everything filed under metascience metascience Everything filed under ideas vs execution ideas vs execution Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Academic talent is normally distributed, so some students failing is inevitable rather than anybody's fault. Academic talent is normally distributed,so some students failing is inevitablerather than anybody's fault. Last stated a year ago 28 Sept 2025 FD Freddie deBoer — holds since 2025-09-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: We accept without difficulty that people differ in athletic or musical talent, and refuse to accept that they differ in academic talent. — tap to centre the map on it We accept without difficulty thatpeople differ in athletic or musicaltalent, and refuse to accept thatthey differ in academic talent. Last stated a year ago 8 Sept 2025 FD Freddie deBoer — holds since 2025-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is a discrepancy of talent that leads to a discrepancy of competence — tap to centre the map on it There is a discrepancy of talentthat leads to a discrepancy ofcompetence Last stated 3 years ago 4 Aug 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-08-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Academia has serious problems, but they are not as catastrophic as they look from outside it. — tap to centre the map on it Academia has serious problems, butthey are not as catastrophic as theylook from outside it. Last stated 7 years ago 15 Aug 2019 AG Alexey Guzey — holds since 2019-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: The current structure of schooling is fundamentally broken. — tap to centre the map on it The current structure of schoolingis fundamentally broken. Last stated 2 days ago 30 Oct 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-10-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: The recent fall in test scores is a rich-world phenomenon, and steeper in several European countries than in America, so it cannot be blamed on American policy. — tap to centre the map on it The recent fall in test scores is arich-world phenomenon, and steeperin several European countries thanin America, so it cannot be blamedon American policy. Last stated 11 months ago 20 Nov 2025 FD Freddie deBoer — holds since 2025-11-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Schools account for a tenth or less of the variation in how well students do. — tap to centre the map on it Schools account for a tenth or lessof the variation in how wellstudents do. Last stated a year ago 28 Sept 2025 FD Freddie deBoer — holds since 2025-09-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Producing successful students through a schooling model is far harder than selecting students who are already likely to succeed. — tap to centre the map on it Producing successful studentsthrough a schooling model is farharder than selecting students whoare already likely to succeed. Last stated 3 months ago 12 Aug 2026 DM Dan Meyer — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Success in cultural and professional fields is driven more by chance and path dependence than by talent. — tap to centre the map on it Success in cultural and professionalfields is driven more by chance andpath dependence than by talent. Last stated 3 months ago 13 Aug 2026 HF Henry Farrell — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A persistently rising dividend yield eventually forces capital appreciation as the market rerates the stock. — tap to centre the map on it A persistently rising dividend yieldeventually forces capitalappreciation as the market reratesthe stock. Last stated 8 months ago 3 Mar 2026 SB Sanjay Bakshi — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A proof and an explanation are different things, and a theorem can stay an unsolved expository problem long after it is proved. — tap to centre the map on it A proof and an explanation aredifferent things, and a theorem canstay an unsolved expository problemlong after it is proved. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on diesel exports would raiseoverall fuel prices and damageAmerica's energy superpower status. Last stated a month ago 1 Oct 2026 AE Alex Epstein — holds since 2026-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports is more likely to raise prices than lower them. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports ismore likely to raise prices thanlower them. Last stated a month ago 23 Sept 2026 JM Josh Marshall — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it A century of fire suppression policyin the American West has dangerouslyoverloaded forests with fuel andmade megafires more likely. Last stated 2 months ago 22 Aug 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player. — tap to centre the map on it A slot machine triggers the brain’slearning and curiosity pathwayswhile teaching nothing, and thatone-way exchange is what makes itcontemptuous of the player. Last stated 13 years ago 3 Jul 2013 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2013-07-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Acquiring insight into how things work is a worthwhile effort in itself, not only for any payoff — tap to centre the map on it Acquiring insight into how thingswork is a worthwhile effort initself, not only for any payoff Last stated 19 years ago 17 Oct 2007 PB Peter Bevelin — holds since 2007-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advancing in life depends more on what one learns later than on what one already knows — tap to centre the map on it Advancing in life depends more onwhat one learns later than on whatone already knows Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Academic talent is normally distributed, so some students failing is inevitable rather than anybody's fault. Last stated 28 Sept 2025 · a year ago Holds Freddie deBoer Read this korrent →