Subject Tests—The SAT Subject Tests are no more (WATEC #006)

While Wes mourns the loss of the problem-solving of the Math Level 2 Subject Test, Ted kicks dirt on the grave of the tests he considers completely pointless.
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00:12​ News on this day, January 20, 2021
01:12​ https://wescarroll.com/poignant/​
05:00​ Who are Wes and Ted?
13:15​ Puzzle hunts
15:15​ Getting past brick walls
20:37​ Why solve puzzles?
22:15​ QAnon as a puzzle hunt
24:12​ Humans are natural problem solvers
25:20​ SAT Subject Tests are cancelled
26:43​ Wes & Ted argue over whether the test was good
28:20​ If I'm going to be tested on a thing, it's only fair that I'd be taught the thing
29:22​ Why you learn math in high school
30:40​ What you learn in one field applies to other fields
35:45​ What do the symbols of math really mean?
41:02​ What's the "right amount" of abstract thinking?
42:50​ Out of what you've learned, what parts do you want to keep?
47:53​ What is the ACT really testing?
49:09​ What is the SAT really testing?
49:55​ Marketing the SAT
53:48​ Get good at the game. (*Any* game.)
55:15​ But also, get good at making new games!
57:36​ The AMC is going to get more important
58:06​ How we agree: critical and creative thinking