When you make a bold claim that "Education does not significantly improve outcomes. Period." and correlations with every positive outcome are very high - the burden is on you to prove a non-causal link, not me.
But of course, proving causation is near impossible. So people love to make bold claims with no data and just say "prove me".
> and correlations with every positive outcome are very high
I explained why in the top-level post. People who were going to get positive outcomes anyway are good at getting into good schools.
> the burden is on you to prove a non-causal link, not me.
This isn’t Reddit - I wouldn’t drop some nonsense about made up “burden of proof” and expect anyone to buy it. It’s also rude to make objections like this when you clearly haven’t either considered the point you’re responding to (of course people who went to college do better in life - think about why that might be, under my model, and refute that if you can) or actually done the research into the presence or absence of a causal link.
There are 30 years of twin studies demonstrating conclusively that education is not an especially strong predictive factor in adult attainment.
But of course, proving causation is near impossible. So people love to make bold claims with no data and just say "prove me".