John Quiggin on Nostr: New Daily runs a piece claiming that the average university student 150 years ago was ...

New Daily runs a piece claiming that the average university student 150 years ago was smarter than the average student today because students then were drawn from the children of gentry and clergy.
This seems like a reductio ad absurdam on elitist criticisms of the massification of "higher" education.
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2024/02/10/university-students-dumber?ahe=5a4c85d95ceed462bc99728d492d2fc75e36454dc2b25c9c6ad6b589d02d9ca4&acid=2508551&lr_hash=7914e39fdef87effdec8b1c9611b7ff3