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**CesseOveldset** · 08-28-2011, 04:50 PM

Shit, you already knew that one, J_X. We all did.

Some of the dumbest fuckers I've ever met had letters after their name. They couldn't actually think pro-actively, if their lives depended upon it. The majority of learned folk have only their prescribed textbook scripts to draw on. They can't think outside the box, as they're not even aware there is one. Place these witlings in a crisis that doesn't fit their parrot-fashion nonsense, and they quail in trepidation.

At that point, you'll often find that it's left to folk with no formal erudition, to bring forth the creativity that's required.

That's been my experience as well.. My parents and family in general are educated people. But they're truly educated, meaning that they can use their education to solve real world problems.

These credentialed, faculty lounge theoreticians are obviously unable to do that.. The failure brings into question the true value of their education.

The casual observer would have to be forgiven for looking at their performance and assuming the primary benefit they derived was a credential that lets them turn in powerful, politically connected circles... A place they are not otherwise qualified to be.

08-28-2011, 04:50 PM	#36
CesseOveldset Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 550 Senior Member	Shit, you already knew that one, J_X. We all did. Some of the dumbest fuckers I've ever met had letters after their name. They couldn't actually think pro-actively, if their lives depended upon it. The majority of learned folk have only their prescribed textbook scripts to draw on. They can't think outside the box, as they're not even aware there is one. Place these witlings in a crisis that doesn't fit their parrot-fashion nonsense, and they quail in trepidation. At that point, you'll often find that it's left to folk with no formal erudition, to bring forth the creativity that's required. That's been my experience as well.. My parents and family in general are educated people. But they're truly educated, meaning that they can use their education to solve real world problems. These credentialed, faculty lounge theoreticians are obviously unable to do that.. The failure brings into question the true value of their education. The casual observer would have to be forgiven for looking at their performance and assuming the primary benefit they derived was a credential that lets them turn in powerful, politically connected circles... A place they are not otherwise qualified to be.
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