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It seems to me that anyone with above average intelligence who is very motivated to study the subject in question can absorb the information in a book in the same way they can listen to the information in their ears.– math_loverCommented Sep 3, 2015 at 2:04
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4@JoshuaBenabou What proportion of students do you think are 'very motivated'?– Jessica BCommented Sep 3, 2015 at 7:03
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1A small proprotion, but most likely if one is not very motivated one will fail in the long run anyway.– math_loverCommented Sep 3, 2015 at 11:46
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@JoshuaBenabou I wish I could upvote that comment more. If somebody just goes to school/university because they're made to, then it's rare they would do anything worthy of note. Chimpanzees would be as easy to train, probably cheaper too.– DylanBCommented Sep 4, 2015 at 0:25
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1Depends on what you mean by fail. Plenty of people benefit from a degree that they were not very motivated to study for.– Jessica BCommented Sep 4, 2015 at 6:43
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