JoshuaZ comments on The Superstar Effect - LessWrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 25 January 2015 01:30:07AM 1 point [-]

Would you say this about any topic? If not, how is education different?

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 26 January 2015 04:37:56PM -1 points [-]

I would say that lying in a hospital bed doesn't make you a doctor, and being incarcerated doesn't make you a criminologist.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 26 January 2015 05:01:34PM 1 point [-]

Can you expand on what that has to do with your original comment? It seems that your original comment was substantially stronger than simply noting that being a student is not enough to understand education. If that's what you mean that seems like a different (and weaker) claim than your initial comment.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 26 January 2015 05:14:45PM -1 points [-]

The original comment said understanding MUCH about education. It was implicit that understanding much about something is necessary to fixing it.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 26 January 2015 05:18:53PM 1 point [-]

Yes, but they didn't say that their understanding came purely from being a student. So I'm not sure how the much is relevant.