On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:28:31 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


"John B." wrote:

You are correct of course but I was replying to Hawke's apparent
thesis that graduating from collage somehow means that you actually
know what you are talking about. My thesis is that everyone has areas
of expertise and ignorance and while one may well be a demon
basket-weaver ( for example) the fact that one holds a degree in the
subject doesn't qualify him to discuss Quantum mechanics (to use
another example).


Some of the biggest fools I've met had college degrees, and some of
the smartest only finished high school.

I suspect that the ratio of fools to smarts is fairly well distributed
through out society with no regard to education levels.

(although after reading Usenet for some time I am somewhat inclined to
think that the former classification may dominate)


--
John B.