[meteorite-list] Anyone remember this?

[Meteorites USA]

Yeah, sort of...

There's a huge difference between book knowledge and common sense. Being 
able to find the solution/answer is a measure of human growth. Problem 
solving is at the core of intelligence. Not a piece of paper that says 
you know something. Anyone with a good memory and the drive to earn a 
degree can get one.

I know some pretty damn smart people, some that have no degree at all 
who couldn't care less about a degree, or have run multi-million dollar 
businesses, or challenged professors on subjects such as theoretical 
physics and cosmology.

Following the experts without questioning what's written or "accepted"? 
They have a name for that...

Serfs up dude! ;)

Eric

P.S. Not disagreeing just expressing my distaste with those who use 
their authority for personal gain, or who can't see past their own 
intellectual inferiority. I agree with your statement "...it takes a 
person or two with science degrees to voice their off the wall authority 
to wrongly direct folks towards erroneous beliefs..."

This is mob mentality... People believe experts and will follow anyone 
who seems to know what they are talking about. It's not really about 
right or wrong.




GeoZay at aol.com wrote:
>>> Amateur scientists and aspiring  scientists of all stripes have always
>>>       
> faced this bias from "authority".   At least Fox didn't give Darryl the
> "Galileo Treatment". ;)<<
>
> It  was unfortunate that Darryl had this happen to him, but on the other 
> side of the  coin, where it applies to matters of science, I'd rather have 
> more faith in  those with degrees in the fields under discussion. Maybe there 
> would be more  folks leaning towards Evolution than Creationism for 
> example...or Less UFO  sightings with ET alien overtones. Then again it takes a 
> person or two with  science degrees to voice their off the wall authority to 
> wrongly direct folks  towards erroneous beliefs. 
> GeoZay  
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Regards,
Eric Wichman
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