Interview · moment 12 of 29
Ann Coulter's College-as-IQ-Test Theory
from #276 - The Squish | The Tim Dillon Show · #276
3 min
Guest
Tim relays Ann Coulter's argument that college functions as a legal workaround for employers banned from giving IQ tests, and debates whether a degree should be necessary to prove competence.
- Tim believes skipping college was one of his biggest regrets and would have changed his entire life.
- He doesn't trust his own restraint—doubts he'd have stayed sober at college given his actual 20s trajectory.
- Tim argues that without the social pressure of his actual peer group, he would have come out of the closet sooner and likely wouldn't have become a comedian.
- Story of bringing a woman to a Flanders Duck in Long Island with Arby's, her female roommate named Carl, and whether they were prostitutes.
- Tim attended community college on and off for years but barely went to class—he admits he would have just lazied his way through a traditional college too.
- He explains his frustration with schooling: he's smart enough to get bored immediately but not smart enough to skip paying attention without consequences.
- Tim was always skeptical of professors and their authority, though he notes this gets mischaracterized as him being a right-wing lunatic.