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  • 7 73Zeppelin

    Zac Howland wrote:

    As long as the specialist doesn't run into any situations outside his specialty, he would be better than an universalist. However, life doesn't tend to work that way ... and what is the percentage of people who have jobs in areas outside of the field they earned their degree in?

    I am employed outside of the field I earned my degree in.

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    Zac Howland
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    The Apocalyptic Teacup wrote:

    I am employed outside of the field I earned my degree in.

    Which is my point. If you specialize in something, and then don't use that specialty, it is worthless in comparison to a universalist. If memory serves me, I think the statistics were something like 75% of people hold jobs outside of the field of their degree.

    If you decide to become a software engineer, you are signing up to have a 1/2" piece of silicon tell you exactly how stupid you really are for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week Zac

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    • 7 73Zeppelin

      Jonathan [Darka] wrote:

      A PhD does not mean you are smart

      Yes it does.

      Jonathan [Darka] wrote:

      I know a few PhD's and they are definately not all smart, one of them has 3.

      Obviously I am smarter than a person with 3 PhD's. Apparently they were too dimwitted to see the redundancy of having 3 degrees. Duh. Besides, doctorates in Basket Weaving, Agricultural Sciences and Psychology don't count as PhD's. So far, this thread confirms my initial hypothesis.

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      Ray Cassick
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      The Apocalyptic Teacup wrote:

      Yes it does.

      No, it does not. What it means is that you paid a bunch of cash to a school that issued a document specifying that you did the work they required. It does NOT prove you are intelligent at all.


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      • 7 73Zeppelin

        I'm trying to establish demonstrate the fact that I am the smartest person on this message board. So, how many of you other regulars have PhD's, or is it just me (thereby making me the smartest here)? :-D

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        KaRl
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        Good luck.


        We're the regulators that de-regulate We're the animators that de-animate

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        • 7 73Zeppelin

          I'm trying to establish demonstrate the fact that I am the smartest person on this message board. So, how many of you other regulars have PhD's, or is it just me (thereby making me the smartest here)? :-D

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          Maximilien
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          Chuck Norris can count to infinity, twice; can you do the same ?


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          • K KaRl

            Good luck.


            We're the regulators that de-regulate We're the animators that de-animate

            Fold with us! ¤ flickr

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            73Zeppelin
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            K(arl) wrote:

            Good luck.

            Oh, I fully expect massive blow-back from this post. God forbid I offer some different (and humourous) alternative to the usual crap!

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            • R Ray Cassick

              The Apocalyptic Teacup wrote:

              Yes it does.

              No, it does not. What it means is that you paid a bunch of cash to a school that issued a document specifying that you did the work they required. It does NOT prove you are intelligent at all.


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              FFRF[^]


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              73Zeppelin
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              Ray Cassick wrote:

              No, it does not. What it means is that you paid a bunch of cash to a school that issued a document specifying that you did the work they required. It does NOT prove you are intelligent at all.

              :laugh: It's funny how some people can't distinguish tongue-in-cheek threads. Relax, I'm just trying to change the tune here. I'm not looking for arguments. :rolleyes:

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              • R Red Stateler

                Mark Clifton doesn't have a PhD, but he's smarter than you. ;P

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                Adnan Siddiqi
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                Red Stateler wrote:

                he's smarter

                And amazing thing is that he appear as a hippy.

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                • A Adnan Siddiqi

                  Red Stateler wrote:

                  he's smarter

                  And amazing thing is that he appear as a hippy.

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                  Allah On Acid
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                  Adnan Siddiqi wrote:

                  And amazing thing is that he appear as a hippy.

                  Do you even know what a hippie is?

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                  • 7 73Zeppelin

                    I'm trying to establish demonstrate the fact that I am the smartest person on this message board. So, how many of you other regulars have PhD's, or is it just me (thereby making me the smartest here)? :-D

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                    Mark Salsbery
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                    I swear I hear your voice as Vizzini (A Princess Bride) Vizzini: I can't compete with you physically, and you're no match for my brains. Westley: You're that smart? Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Westley: Yes. Vizzini: Morons. :laugh:

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                    • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                      Your name alone is worth about 10 PhD's... :-D

                      -- Verletzen zerfetzen zersetzen zerstören Doch es darf nicht mir gehören Ich muss zerstören

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                      Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:

                      Your name alone is worth about 10 PhD's...

                      :laugh: But it's so common...there were even two in my year at school which made things confusing. BTW, I've managed to trace my family tree back to one Eystein Glumra Ivarsson around the year 800 - maybe we're related? :laugh:

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                        Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:

                        Your name alone is worth about 10 PhD's...

                        :laugh: But it's so common...there were even two in my year at school which made things confusing. BTW, I've managed to trace my family tree back to one Eystein Glumra Ivarsson around the year 800 - maybe we're related? :laugh:

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                        Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                        Steve_Harris wrote:

                        maybe we're related?

                        Could be, could be! The year seem to match the Viking tour! Do you know from which nordic country tribe/geographic area Ivarsson came from?

                        -- Verletzen zerfetzen zersetzen zerstören Doch es darf nicht mir gehören Ich muss zerstören

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                        • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                          Steve_Harris wrote:

                          maybe we're related?

                          Could be, could be! The year seem to match the Viking tour! Do you know from which nordic country tribe/geographic area Ivarsson came from?

                          -- Verletzen zerfetzen zersetzen zerstören Doch es darf nicht mir gehören Ich muss zerstören

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                          hairy_hats
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                          Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:

                          Do you know from which nordic country tribe/geographic area Ivarsson came from?

                          Wikipedia says: Eystein Glumra also called Eystein Ivarsson (born 788 in Maer), Nord Trondelag, Norway) was a petty king of Norway, the son of Ivar Halfdan and the father of Ragnvald Eysteinsson. He was married to Ascrida Rognvaldsdatter c. 819. Almost all of my family are Cornish but one person married the many-times grand-daughter of a bastard son on one of the Norman kings of England, which gave the Nordic link.

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                            Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:

                            Do you know from which nordic country tribe/geographic area Ivarsson came from?

                            Wikipedia says: Eystein Glumra also called Eystein Ivarsson (born 788 in Maer), Nord Trondelag, Norway) was a petty king of Norway, the son of Ivar Halfdan and the father of Ragnvald Eysteinsson. He was married to Ascrida Rognvaldsdatter c. 819. Almost all of my family are Cornish but one person married the many-times grand-daughter of a bastard son on one of the Norman kings of England, which gave the Nordic link.

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                            Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                            So, you're royal then! Your majesty... :-D

                            -- Verletzen zerfetzen zersetzen zerstören Doch es darf nicht mir gehören Ich muss zerstören

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                            • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                              So, you're royal then! Your majesty... :-D

                              -- Verletzen zerfetzen zersetzen zerstören Doch es darf nicht mir gehören Ich muss zerstören

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                              hairy_hats
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                              :laugh: Not hardly...

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