Last week i read a few articles about scientific studies that seem to show that

- people forget everything they learn in school, unless they already know it from general osmosis
- people also forget everything they learn in university, but it doesn't matter because people don't go there to learn but to get a degree
- scientists (especially sociologists) do not understand statistics, not even statisticians
- the likelihood of a paper passing peer review is only lightly correlated to the quality of the paper

I guess the first thing explains why it seems to matter so little (after a decade) whether you send a kid to a regular school or do something like homeschooling or montessori. Although it's hard to say if this applies to all kinds of schooling or just to the current degree-based system.

@lain have you links to those articles? sounds interesting

@bonifartius @lain this will cover much of it
https://invidious.baczek.me/watch?v=-Ullu_yTzuY

@billiam @bonifartius here's the other half: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/a-theoretical-case-against-education?publication_id=89120&post_id=144900916&isFreemail=true&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjUxMTAyODIsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE0NDkwMDkxNiwiaWF0IjoxNzE2NDUyMTE0LCJleHAiOjE3MTkwNDQxMTQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi04OTEyMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.709u5RxG97mso0AW_WT5eJrZQrNwCq3hRRmSHoz0gEg&r=2qavwq&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email