Yes, college is making people more stupid and has been for a long time. Simple problem solving is not taught anymore, not even at the low levels of education. "Problem solving" has to be complicated. Just look at the so called, new math.
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2016/02...-in-under-two-minutes-this-was-helpful-302092
The problem with complicating problems is that you end up watering down the problem and adding information that is not needed. The base problem is hidden in a bunch of mush. The more mush there is, the more likely it is to not understand the base problem and have non essential information screw up the result. In the math example linked above, there are a number of equations needed to get a simple answer and each equation is an opportunity to make a mistake. Make one mistake on one equation and the answer is wrong. So, the more complicated long version is more prone to wrong answers.
I'm often accused of being too simple when debating policy and economics. It's more complicated then that, I'm told. No, it's not. If I spend more than I take in, I'm broke. No amount of borrowing, accounting gimmicks or convolution will change it. The same is true at any scale. Me as and individual or the US as a country. Making it complicated only hides it and makes it more difficult to identify and solve the problem.
Of course my example itself, common core math, is a simple way to look at it. College teaches much more complicated reasoning skills and while the answers to problems sound well thought out, they end up looking like this;
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2016/02...-in-under-two-minutes-this-was-helpful-302092
The problem with complicating problems is that you end up watering down the problem and adding information that is not needed. The base problem is hidden in a bunch of mush. The more mush there is, the more likely it is to not understand the base problem and have non essential information screw up the result. In the math example linked above, there are a number of equations needed to get a simple answer and each equation is an opportunity to make a mistake. Make one mistake on one equation and the answer is wrong. So, the more complicated long version is more prone to wrong answers.
I'm often accused of being too simple when debating policy and economics. It's more complicated then that, I'm told. No, it's not. If I spend more than I take in, I'm broke. No amount of borrowing, accounting gimmicks or convolution will change it. The same is true at any scale. Me as and individual or the US as a country. Making it complicated only hides it and makes it more difficult to identify and solve the problem.
Of course my example itself, common core math, is a simple way to look at it. College teaches much more complicated reasoning skills and while the answers to problems sound well thought out, they end up looking like this;
But some one has to be the President.
