Oversimplifying a complex issue to believe you're astute and intelligent...
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lol yeah. if only 85% of the UK government had engineering degrees, we'd be world #1 again, amirite.Dilbert_X wrote:
Which is why the country is broken.
Everyone in Federal Parliament is educated to some degree. Doesn't mean they're intelligent.Dilbert_X wrote:
Don't get me wrong, I think he's evil, but at least he's educated.
dilbert is a good example of someone who is educated to some degree, but lacks ordinary reasonable intelligence.Ty wrote:
Everyone in Federal Parliament is educated to some degree. Doesn't mean they're intelligent.Dilbert_X wrote:
Don't get me wrong, I think he's evil, but at least he's educated.
"Tony's evil but at least he has the fundamental knowledge it takes to live in society."
lol, I taught kids the guitar for a few years, by definition they're educated too. Doesn't mean I want them in charge of the country.Ty wrote:
Everyone in Federal Parliament is educated to some degree. Doesn't mean they're intelligent.Dilbert_X wrote:
Don't get me wrong, I think he's evil, but at least he's educated.
"Tony's evil but at least he has the fundamental knowledge it takes to live in society."
i think the idea is that 'formal education doesn't mean an intelligent or astute leader'. not "any sort of education in the widest possible meaning of the word".Jaekus wrote:
lol, I taught kids the guitar for a few years, by definition they're educated too. Doesn't mean I want them in charge of the country.Ty wrote:
Everyone in Federal Parliament is educated to some degree. Doesn't mean they're intelligent.Dilbert_X wrote:
Don't get me wrong, I think he's evil, but at least he's educated.
"Tony's evil but at least he has the fundamental knowledge it takes to live in society."
acknowledging that people with humanities educations cannot run a country? and should work in a supermarket? you're being very hard on yourself there, ty.Ty wrote:
That wasn't meant to mock Dilbert, more an acknowledgment that he's probably right. I've been trying to come up with what could be called a positive attribute for Tony and I think "he's educated" is probably the best one so far.
You're pissing on a Rhodes scholar who graduated from Oxford?Uzique The Lesser wrote:
i think the idea is that 'formal education doesn't mean an intelligent or astute leader'. not "any sort of education in the widest possible meaning of the word".
i'm not pissing on anyone. i don't know the man well enough, nor would i. i'm just saying the rhodes scholarship has an extra-curricular value as being a king-maker, a promoter of 'future world leaders'. not everyone who gets a rhodes scholarship is necessarily a genius. it is not a genius grant. it's more to do with establishment careerism. a great educational achievement, nonetheless - i'm just pointing out its 'institutional' role.Dilbert_X wrote:
You're pissing on a Rhodes scholar who graduated from Oxford?Uzique The Lesser wrote:
i think the idea is that 'formal education doesn't mean an intelligent or astute leader'. not "any sort of education in the widest possible meaning of the word".
My God.
though nowadays, as i said, it's more about promising careerists, and getting them onboard with the universityFor at least its first 75 years, scholars usually studied for a Bachelor of Arts degree.
While that remains an option, more recent scholars usually study for an advanced degree
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Hey I didn't say that. I mean I'm not going to deny it...Uzique The Lesser wrote:
acknowledging that people with humanities educations cannot run a country? and should work in a supermarket? you're being very hard on yourself there, ty.Ty wrote:
That wasn't meant to mock Dilbert, more an acknowledgment that he's probably right. I've been trying to come up with what could be called a positive attribute for Tony and I think "he's educated" is probably the best one so far.
lol don't you have a political science degree?Ty wrote:
Hey I didn't say that. I mean I'm not going to deny it...Uzique The Lesser wrote:
acknowledging that people with humanities educations cannot run a country? and should work in a supermarket? you're being very hard on yourself there, ty.Ty wrote:
That wasn't meant to mock Dilbert, more an acknowledgment that he's probably right. I've been trying to come up with what could be called a positive attribute for Tony and I think "he's educated" is probably the best one so far.