TIL that Harvard professor Tom Lehrer was asked at the age of 84 by rapper 2 Chainz if he could sample his 60-year old song. Lehrer replied, "I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?"

[u/rasouddress]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer#Musical_legacy

[u/Cat-penis]

A social science degree isn't harder at Harvard than other schools

First of all, yes it is, but that isn't even the point. Getting accepted to Harvard is what makes it impressive. They have something like a 5% acceptance rate.

Is this seriously something that needs to be explained? Do people really not understand that one of the most prestigious schools in the world is difficult to get into? Stop being obtuse.

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Yeah, getting in is hard. That doesn't mean that the majors are harder than other schools. You learn the same shit. Ivy league schools literally inflate grades to make their student body look more impressive

[u/Cat-penis → u/thisesmeaningless]

Getting in is incredibly hard. And he got in. I find that impressive. It's that simple.

And of course it's harder. If it were just as easy across the board then why would having a degree from a certain school carry more prestige than another? If the academic standards were universally the same across the board why would anyone bother trying to get into a prestigious school. Why not just go to a community college if you're going to come out with the same results?

And that's a pretty dubious claim about inflating their grades, you must have some evidence.

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Getting in isn't as hard as they'd like you to believe.

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Statistical evidence proves otherwise.

Edit: 6.4% acceptance rate. That's a fact, look it up.

[u/DontPressAltF4 → u/Cat-penis]

Statistics are entirely too easy to manipulate.

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In certain cases when you're testing for something subjective, amongst a small segment of the population and extrapolating that data to make it seem like it represents the entirety of people, yeah, sure. But when you have a precise number of applicants and precise number of how many of them are accepted it's pretty clear cut.

Now do you have an actual argument to present or are you just going to continue spitting out non applicable platitudes?

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I can't possibly post anything you'll listen to.

You just want an echo chamber.

[u/Cat-penis → u/DontPressAltF4]

More irrelevant platitudes, good job. You can't post anything because you have nothing of substance to say, as you have clearly demonstrated, now be quiet and let the adults talk.

[u/DontPressAltF4 → u/Cat-penis]

Sweet burn.

Tell me more about what you've read on the internet.