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Knowing What Others Know Is A Low Standard

Too much of education is the low standard of 'knowing what other people know about it'—finding out what others said, taking notes, being tested, and showing you paid attention—which is the academic's mode but not deep learning.

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Speaker

Russ Roberts

Evidence Quote

To know something is to know what other people know about it. That's a really low standard of knowledge.

Source

Russ Roberts on EducationEconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:10:03 AM

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