squarejohn
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Common people?
For heaven's sake. My 11-year-old son could debate with more skill than has been displayed on this thread.
And amicus, what are you doing here? Why aren't you off looking at pictures of prepubescent girls?
Squarejohn, you seem to hate all people with college degrees. Huge chip on your shoulder. Hokay.
Earlier you said this:
Despite your hatred of academia, let me pose a question, if I may.
If you need medical assistance, don't you want a specialist? Don't you want your doctor or surgeon to be the best educated, most highly trained, finest medical geek there is? Don't you want a god with a scalpel?
I do. Of course I do. And so should you.
And I don't care if their eyes glaze over during a conversation when someone is discussing something that doesn't interest them. (That happens to most folks, I imagine.)
I don't care if they don't know the price of a gallon of milk, or how to change the oil in their car, or how to fire a rifle. Who gives a shit?
I do care if they've read up on the latest medical procedures.
I expect them to know possible medicinal interactions for my safety.
I want to know if they've attended medical conferences to read, write, reflect and discuss with colleagues.
I expect them to belong to many different medical organizations so they can stay current with things that may ultimately affect me.
I don't care if they have people skills. I don't need someone to "There there, honey" me, I want a kick-ass professional surgeon.
In many instances, you benefit from the education of others. And you especially want and need their skills.
So I am confused by this disgust for the educated.
But I do have pity for you and your bigoted view of education.
Whatever gave you the idea that I hate all people with college degrees?
Most degreed individuals use the skills they have learned. They get into the world and accomplish. The many things we enjoy and take for granted are there because degreed people invented and developed them. I am of this group, one of those who imagined and created,
The ones I have a problem with, are those professional students, the ones who never leave the halls of academe, but instead stay and, pursue yet another degree. When you encounter one of these, they waste no time telling you how well "educated" they are. The have never produced anything that was of utility to someone else. Their value to society is on a par with that of the town drunk.
I have no hatred of academia; I am a beneficiary of it. My background is in engineering. I do things an engineer does. I do not wave my sheepskin under a person's nose, in a vain attempt to impress with my acumen; I simply practice my profession.
As it happens, I have condition that requires three physicians, and because they are like me--doers--I have complete confidence in them.
My purpose in visiting this website is primarily entertainment. It is one of my pastimes. I notice there is an abundance of participants in this forum who mock, deride, castigate and insult. The tone of their posts is condescension, arrogance, and pride.
I hope these few lines cause you read more carefully, and refrain from jumping to conclusions which leads to error and regret.