tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post8716576496561864131..comments2024-03-27T13:25:58.065-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: A puzzling incidentCervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-85683199619136687682015-03-16T15:55:48.722-04:002015-03-16T15:55:48.722-04:00Maybe it's harder, but this guy got into Harva...Maybe it's harder, but this guy <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2010/05/18/ex_harvard_student_accused_of_living_a_lie/" rel="nofollow">got into Harvard and attended for 2 years</a> based on a completely fraudulent application. Still, that makes more sense in terms of motive -- he actually didn't have a Harvard degree yet.Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-7958465140997321432015-03-16T15:39:47.317-04:002015-03-16T15:39:47.317-04:00Weird story. Not sure I understand about his osten...Weird story. Not sure I understand about his ostensible reason for being there to write a book? But I do know this: it's so much harder to get away with that type of thing in the digital age. That said, the Dept. of Homeland Security has no idea what it's doing when it comes to crossing the border. And the people in charge of tracking down all the "up-to-no-gooders" are the ones at the sophisticated computers. So we're as ignorant and flawed as a species as we've ever been, yet we seem to think we're smarter or more powerful because of our toys. And that scares me.Don Quixotenoreply@blogger.com