• GenXen [any, any]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    What STILL blows me away is that Rush had a B.Sc in Aerospace Engineering from Princeton, yet ignored the obvious problems with a carbon fiber hull on a submersible that were easily explained by a former truck driver.

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      2 months ago

      Wealthy people’s experience of university is very different from someone who attends purely on merit.

      University isn’t some great filter that distinguishes legitimately intelligent people more often than not it’s just a tool to separate social classes based on arbitrary expertise requirements.

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        2 months ago

        I spent way too much of my life beating up on myself for never completing higher education before truly understanding this truth.

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          You don’t get to use a lack of higher education as an excuse to be ignorant though. Not saying you do, but there are people that take the idea that just because there are stupid people who are highly qualified means that all ‘experts’ can be disregarded. Not true.

          There are plenty of intelligent people at uni, just like there are plenty who never did higher education.

          The things that both of those groups have in common though is that they are curious, intellectually honest and can be reasoned with when presented with evidence.

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      2 months ago

      Well… this does tell a tale about the quality of Princeton B.Sc in Aerospace Engineering or the corruption possible at that university.