# Sources of credibility and the results of education

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2007-01-09-sources-of-credibility-and-the-results-of-education

The piece argues that education chiefly supplies knowledge and membership signals that establish credibility rather than uniformly transforming attitudes or abilities.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 9 January 2007

## Where it lives

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 9 January 2007
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: education, trust, social-identity.

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