The articles isn't really about grad school. It's just the headline.
The article is about how the internet allows non-experts to confidently assert inaccurate information. It suggests that we scrutinize the actual credentials of the people giving us that information, and go to the original source whenever possible. It also suggests that we all cultivate humility, and remember that we are not experts because we watched a video or read an article.
So that's what a person is to do. According to the article.
BTW, Here's my advice for cultivating humility on Hacker News. Go do a search for threads about FTX, Theranos, WeWork, and Moviepass from a few years ago, and see what the average Hacker News user had to say about them. You'll find skeptics, of course. But also plenty of users absolutely certain that there's something to these companies, and that the founders are merely playing a game of 5d chess, or something like that. It's a good reminder that we can all get things wrong, even when we're really sure about something. And a reminder that nobody is immune to being duped.
This is a trap I am trying to get out of the habit of falling into. It's hard for me to say I don't know. This article reminded me that humility is recognizing when you are out of your depth—not weakness. With so many things to "know", it's critical to know the difference between the consequential and the trivial. What's really scary to me is when the actual experts aren't acting in good faith.
> EDIT: Why did you delete your thoughtful reply 34wtg?
New account. Somehow the flagging / banning system caught them. I vouched for his comment as it looks pretty good and relevant.
Vouching is basically an "anti-flag" on Hacker News. If you've got your settings to be on "show all", including banned comments / erased comments, then you have the ability to vouch. I think its a feature that unlocks above a certain karma, so you may have missed it in your settings the first time you registered for Hacker News.
Grad school is laudable, but it's too damn expensive!
What's a person to do?
EDIT: Why did you delete your thoughtful reply 34wtg?
EDIT EDIT: https://archive.is/EWAOO