Morendil comments on Lost Purposes - Less Wrong

68 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 25 November 2007 09:01AM

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Comment author: MarkusRamikin 28 February 2012 10:06:11AM *  8 points [-]

I don't see how that, even if true, would make what schools are doing look any more sensible. Surely that purpose could be accomplished without wasting entire years of children's lives on sitting in a room doing nothing particularly useful.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 28 February 2012 02:31:16PM 14 points [-]

The most obvious purpose of school is custodial.

Comment author: Morendil 28 February 2012 02:49:13PM 9 points [-]

Tied for first place with compliance. :)