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A big problem with evaluating the usefulness of formal education in general is the correlation vs. causation problem. Because the smartest, most driven, most advantaged people will generally go to the “best” schools regardless. Even if those people would have met with great success if all they had access to was a library card. Even in a formal education setting auto-didactism plays a strong role, indeed must play a strong role, which makes it difficult to measure the relative value of different institutions because as a rule the people who go to different institutions are not the same.
A big problem with evaluating the usefulness of formal education in general is the correlation vs. causation problem. Because the smartest, most driven, most advantaged people will generally go to the “best” schools regardless. Even if those people would have met with great success if all they had access to was a library card. Even in a formal education setting auto-didactism plays a strong role, indeed must play a strong role, which makes it difficult to measure the relative value of different institutions because as a rule the people who go to different institutions are not the same.