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Could we replace college with something like Chess or Go, for general intelligence requirements? (feddit.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by ki4jgt@feddit.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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With the general inaccessibility of college in the US (with AGI, they're basically pay to play), would Chess or Go be a good qualifier for job mental acuity?

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[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What you're saying is if someone got good at chess then they would be better suited to succeed in college. There may be merit to that to some degree, but in the end, that person would be going to college to get a better education, and may have a leg up on other less analytical people. OP is suggesting replacing college with things like Chess or Go. College also teaches specifically in different fields. Knowing how to play Chess doesn't teach a person about seg faults, stack overflows, or computer architecture. A college can if that's the field a person decides to pursue.

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oh yeah, I see that. I read this as college admission, not the four year degree itself. In that case, no I don't really think it could be replaced.