• SirDerpy@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Give that test to everyone. It’s just basic reading comprehension with a simple logic question and a simple math question. Even just that would disenfranchise the vast majority of American voters.

    My point wasn’t that a test is a good thing. It’s an incredibly horrible idea.

    My point is that the vast majority of Americans know less of their history than their immigrants. And, the vast majority of Americans are now in favor of repeating one mistake or the other because they don’t know their history.

    My evidence is that my suggestion above is predominantly upvoted.

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      3 months ago

      They gave the test to everyone then too. They just decided who passed and who didn’t. Why do you think it will be different this time?

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        3 months ago

        automated objective scoring

        You didn’t read my post. You’re strawmanning. Not your style.

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            3 months ago

            You’re still bashing that straw man you made.

            Look up. You made a mistake. And, if it wasn’t you I’d simply block.

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              Bud, that isn’t what a straw man is. Like, at all.

              And “objective computer analysis” can still be wrong and biased. Look at all the image classifiers that called black people monkeys cause they were trained almost exclusively on images of white people.