YouTube Stars Being Paid to Sell Academic Cheating
I&#x27;m really disappointed by the downvotes that sithadmin, misterbowfinger, and I have been receiving in this thread.<p>Let me restate the argument, not in favor of cheating but why it&#x27;s not the moral issue that everyone makes it out to be:<p>1. Cheating is only an issue in the artificial world of academia, where it goes against how the system is supposed to work.<p>2. We only think it is a moral issue because it&#x27;s been drilled into us since we were kids, and that we think it is not fair to those who don&#x27;t cheat and devalues the value of their degree.<p>3. The current system is stupid. Academic grades and degrees, to the extent that they affect your life after academia, should be based on what you can accomplish or explain, not how well you can write answers.<p>4. Employers should be using other methods to screen prospective employees -- looking at past projects, word of mouth, etc.<p>The sooner we can put to rest the notion that we should spend ages 6 through 22 in an artificial system that has no relation to the real world before we can enter the real world as functioning adults, the better.