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Originally posted by shaolin_Z I don't really have any problems with the big bang theory but I liked your post nonetheless .

Thank you. I don't have any problems with the theory either.

It would be cool to have some alternatives that aren't completely sad (like 7-day creationism). I guess we'll have to build some theories ourselves. :P

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Originally posted by DJ Shibby Degrees do not impress me one bit

do you have a degree in any field?

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Originally posted by Jake Benson Yeah they got the same retards interviewed after probably interviewing a lot more Americans who had answers. I'm sure I can go into a rural town in southern Germany and encounter the same dumbasses there too.

Back when I used to listen to talk radio, Sean Hannity did a "man on the street" segment, where he sent his assistant out to the street to do live interviews on the air. I swear, he received the exact same types of answers from random folks.. People who didn't know the Vice President...who didn't know the leader of Iraq (just before the war began, etc). A huge chunk of Americans really are that ignorant.

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Originally posted by jerZ07002 do you have a degree in any field?

Yes, but I never used it. Started a company years before I got it, worked out much better.

Going to go back and work towards a doctorate at some point in the very near future in a different field, since variety is the spice of life.

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Originally posted by DJ Shibby What do you think about particle physics?

I can blabber on all day, but if a particle physicist working on CERN were to waltz into our humble abode, I'de immediately yield the floor. Want to be a doctor? Guess what, you need credentials. I really don't understand you.

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Originally posted by Krypton I can blabber on all day, but if a particle physicist working on CERN were to waltz into our humble abode, I'de immediately yield the floor. Want to be a doctor? Guess what, you need credentials. I really don't understand you.

I've thought about responding to this one a few times, and wrote some lengthy (and probably interesting to someone out there!) replies, but just couldn't bring it together right, and it's because of your last sentence.

I hear it alot, from everyone in every walk of life, and I'll remember it fondly when I'm holding my nobel prize. =P

peace

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Originally posted by DJ Shibby I've thought about responding to this one a few times, and wrote some lengthy (and probably interesting to someone out there!) replies, but just couldn't bring it together right, and it's because of your last sentence. I hear it alot, from everyone in every walk of life, and I'll remember it fondly when I'm holding my nobel prize. =P peace

I wonder how frequently academically unaccredited but otherwise brilliant individuals such as Nikola Tesla got to laugh at closed-minded statements similar to the one that you just commented on.

It's fitting that Mr. Tesla was good friends with Mark Twain, who was famously quoted as saying,

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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

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Originally posted by Trancer-X I wonder how frequently academically unaccredited but otherwise brilliant individuals such as Nikola Tesla got to laugh at closed-minded statements similar to the one that you just commented on. It's fitting that Mr. Tesla was good friends with Mark Twain, who was famously quoted as saying,

Tesla is my hero.

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Originally posted by Trancer-X I wonder how frequently academically unaccredited but otherwise brilliant individuals such as Nikola Tesla got to laugh at closed-minded statements similar to the one that you just commented on. It's fitting that Mr. Tesla was good friends with Mark Twain, who was famously quoted as saying,

Close-minded statement? Your statement right here is more than close-minded, it's downright stupid. Nikoli Tesla studied electrical engineering at the Austrian Polytechnic, otherwise known as the Graz University of Technology, and was thus accredited. It seems like you're making a concerted effort to dumb us down in the PDD..

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Originally posted by Krypton Close-minded statement? Your statement right here is more than close-minded, it's downright stupid. Nikoli Tesla studied electrical engineering at the Austrian Polytechnic, otherwise known as the Graz University of Technology, and was thus accredited. It seems like you're making a concerted effort to dumb us down in the PDD..

To be fair, it's doubtful anything he learned in school helped him discover anything at all, but rather his willingness to experiment himself and step outside the box.

We have thousands of great minds every generation, a few of which get acclaim; I see no reason why one day everyone could be Einstein.

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Originally posted by DJ Shibby To be fair, it's doubtful anything he learned in school helped him discover anything at all, but rather his willingness to experiment himself and step outside the box. We have thousands of great minds every generation, a few of which get acclaim; I see no reason why one day everyone could be Einstein.

Great minds have something in common. They were well-EDUCATED...

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Originally posted by Krypton Great minds have something in common. They were well-EDUCATED...

Are you suggesting that education comes from academic institutions?

I laughed in real life for a second there. :P