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From: Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups: sci.logic
Subject: Re: Simple enough for every reader?
Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 00:06:14 +0100
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Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> writes:

> On 2025-05-26 23:21:27 +0000, Ben Bacarisse said:
>
>> Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> writes:
....
>>> The term "hochschule" does.
>>
>> But it's an almost unknown term in the UK so it conveys almost nothing
>> to most English speakers.
>
> Therefore some translation is desidered. The term "superior scool" at
> least suggests a scool. ALthough the exact meaning of "superior" may
> be unclear people probably have some idea of the intended meaning and
> that may be sufficient for many purposes.

I think superior school has the same problem.  It's unlikely to be
clear.  Some people in the UK might even think a superior school is not
even a further education institution (schools are usually for 5-18 year
olds).  There used to be a good term -- polytechnic -- but very few UK
institutions use that term any more, so it is known only to old timers.

>> Mind you, all I know if the ambition of the institution in question is
>> that it allows nonsense to be taught, albeit as a entirely optional
>> course.  That particular hochschule does not seem to be taking academic
>> integrity very seriously.
>
> Maybe the idea is that an exposure to nonsense helps students to learn
> to identify nonsense when they see it.

They have to regurgitate the nonsense to get the marks.  I once asked WM
what would happen if a student presented real mathematics in the exam
and he said they would not get the marks.

-- 
Ben.