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Over The Top Commencement

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Over The Top Commencement

Robin Hanson
Jun 17, 2009
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Over The Top Commencement

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Listening to my son’s high school graduation ceremony last night, I was struck by how completely implausible were many speaker claims, such as:

  1. Never let anyone tell you there is something you can’t do.

  2. You’ll have setbacks, but never let them discourage you.

  3. If I can succeed, so can you.

  4. We’ll always treasure our memories of high school.

  5. We students are so thankful to have such a friendly principal.

I was embarrassed to be associated with such transparent falsehoods, but apparently I’m in a minority.  What obvious lies have you heard at commencement, and why do you think such lies were told?

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