Spectre Loc: Bothell, Washington

I have yet to find a person I have not learned something from.

Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.

Im sometimes wrong but never in doubt.

shelty Loc: Medford, OR

I know of friends that were very knowledgeable in certain fields. But, because of their lack of a diploma no one would hire them.

leftj Loc: Texas

No one would hire them? Since when does every job require a diploma?

G Brown Loc: Sunny Bognor Regis West Sussex UK

No, it is called a paradigm shift. For most of history 'the world' was thought to be unchanging. Then a PHD thesis suggested that 'based upon continental shape' and 'unaccountable ' fossil evidence....at some point all the continents were joined together....originally scoffed at...this became scientific fact (Before we could measure continental drift using GPS) 'Plate Techtonics' became a new study area.

Similarly, it was thought by victorian adventureres that the individual groups of trees on the open savanagh suggested that it was once forrest that had been over grazed....Now it is considered to be sites of habitation used by nomadic peoples. Their waste, food and berries, fire sites etc fertilising a small area therefore allowing trees to germinate and grow.....Now we listen to the natives, rather than transplanting european knowlege onto their cultural histories.

Facts change......

shelty Loc: Medford, OR

Of all the jobs I have had, not one of them used any of the knowledge that I had learned in school.

1Feathercrest Loc: NEPA

Socialist/Marxist "leftists" are the epitome of such beliefs and will never give the least credence to an alternative view.

1Feathercrest Loc: NEPA

A big problem now is pushing college as a panacea when we have too many "chiefs" and too few "indians" Trades are an honorable profession and trade schools should be much more utilized.

Largobob

Actually, I believe the quote is, "Ignorance, the mother of invention."