Man has 22 MA Degrees, 5 PhDs, and 3 D.Lits

Well maybe now, but pursuing degree after degree for 20-40 years (I'm assuming since the article doesn't go into detail) does seem pointless to me.Renegade_Fury

Most of these BA degrees they granted him are from minimal requirements. Where are the distinctions and honours?

Let me know when he saves the human species from self destruction.. then I'll actually think he did something worthwhile. Besides that.. good for him?

EMOEVOLUTION

[QUOTE="Travo_basic"]I wonder what his student loan bill looks like. :PTheokhoth

You can defer student loans as long as you're still a student, so maybe that's why he's still in school. :o

[QUOTE="Renegade_Fury"]If that's all you do, then yeah, I consider it a waste of time. You get a degree so you can work in that field or one similar. Accumulating stacks of them and never using them seems... well you know what I'm going to type. rawsavon

Getting a degree a isn't just a hobby, and getting that many would govern your's and your family's life. I wrote "if that's all you do, then yeah I consider it a waste of time." How could that guy possibly have time to do anything, but study? Like I wrote earlier, you get a degree so you can work in that field; that's why they exist, and that's why normal people want one. Believing this is all in the same realm as sitting on your ass and watching TV or whatever is ludicrous. As for me, if all I did was just watch sports and never did anything else, hell even if I just watch one game, I consider it as a waste of time in the end.

And he's going for his 23rd Master's Degree.

This man = my hero.

Theokhoth

The guy needs a life.

[QUOTE="EMOEVOLUTION"]

Let me know when he saves the human species from self destruction.. then I'll actually think he did something worthwhile. Besides that.. good for him?

McJugga

[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="Renegade_Fury"]If that's all you do, then yeah, I consider it a waste of time. You get a degree so you can work in that field or one similar. Accumulating stacks of them and never using them seems... well you know what I'm going to type. Renegade_Fury

Getting a degree a isn't just a hobby, and getting that many would govern your's and your family's life. I wrote "if that's all you do, then yeah I consider it a waste of time." How could that guy possibly have time to do anything, but study? Like I wrote earlier, you get a degree so you can work in that field, that's why they exist, and that's why normal people want one. Believing this is all in the same realm as sitting on your ass and watching TV or whatever is ludicrous. As for me, if all I did was just watch sports and never did anything else, hell even if I just watch one game, I consider it as a waste of time in the end.

[QUOTE="Renegade_Fury"]Well maybe now, but pursuing degree after degree for 20-40 years (I'm assuming since the article doesn't go into detail) does seem pointless to me.Vandalvideo

One can get a degree without knowing what the degree is. One can gain knowledge without getting a degree, and not waste time doing pointless essays, homework, ect. I would much prefer learning about the history of Egypt by going to Egypt and getting a first-hand look by visiting museums, talking to historians, debate, ect.

:Reads thru thread" :lol: The see him graduatin',they hatin...

Because internet ppls are the best contributors to the hooman species. :3

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="Renegade_Fury"]Well maybe now, but pursuing degree after degree for 20-40 years (I'm assuming since the article doesn't go into detail) does seem pointless to me.TheAbbeFaria

One can get a degree without knowing what the degree is. One can gain knowledge without getting a degree, and not waste time doing pointless essays, homework, ect. I would much prefer learning about the history of Egypt by going to Egypt and getting a first-hand look by visiting museums, talking to historians, debate, ect.

[QUOTE="TheAbbeFaria"]

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"] How is knowledge pointless?rawsavon

One can get a degree without knowing what the degree is. One can gain knowledge without getting a degree, and not waste time doing pointless essays, homework, ect. I would much prefer learning about the history of Egypt by going to Egypt and getting a first-hand look by visiting museums, talking to historians, debate, ect.

Yeah, losers like class work.

[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="TheAbbeFaria"]

One can get a degree without knowing what the degree is. One can gain knowledge without getting a degree, and not waste time doing pointless essays, homework, ect. I would much prefer learning about the history of Egypt by going to Egypt and getting a first-hand look by visiting museums, talking to historians, debate, ect.

Yeah, losers like class work.

[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="TheAbbeFaria"]

One can get a degree without knowing what the degree is. One can gain knowledge without getting a degree, and not waste time doing pointless essays, homework, ect. I would much prefer learning about the history of Egypt by going to Egypt and getting a first-hand look by visiting museums, talking to historians, debate, ect.

TheAbbeFaria

Yeah, losers like class work.

:lol:

You must have been the "too cool for school" guy.

Some people like class work :orawsavon

Yeah, losers like class work.

[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="TheAbbeFaria"]

Yeah, losers like class work.

Travo_basic

Apparently we are losers then...losers FTW
-I sure am glad that most girls like smart guys though :P

What a waste of a life, IT be best if he actually used the knowledge he has instead of gaining more. Knowledge is pointless if you don't use it. STAR_Admiral

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[QUOTE="rawsavon"] Some people like class work :orawsavon

Yeah, losers like class work.

I really don't care to be honest.

he is wasting his time, and if he's retired, then he has precious little left.

most of these graduate programs are designed around doing actual work in the field. if he isn't going to do this, then a lot of what he is doing is pointless. most of the actual learning is done before the classes even start, through preperatory reading, which you don't need to be in school to do.

[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="TheAbbeFaria"]

Yeah, losers like class work.

I really don't care to be honest.

[QUOTE="Travo_basic"][QUOTE="rawsavon"] I quite enjoy it...so think what you willrawsavon

Apparently we are losers then...losers FTW
-I sure am glad that most girls like smart guys though :P

Michael Faraday never went to school, nor did he ever do schoolwork. Hell, I learned Latin and Spanish on my own.

[QUOTE="rawsavon"]

[QUOTE="Travo_basic"]Me too. I wish I could go back to school.TheAbbeFaria

Apparently we are losers then...losers FTW
-I sure am glad that most girls like smart guys though :P

Michael Faraday never went to school, nor did he ever do schoolwork. Hell, I learned Latin and Spanish on my own.

Cool story bro

[QUOTE="TheAbbeFaria"]

[QUOTE="rawsavon"] I quite enjoy it...so think what you willrawsavon

I really don't care to be honest.

So what?

[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="TheAbbeFaria"]

I really don't care to be honest.

So what?

[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="TheAbbeFaria"]

I really don't care to be honest.

So what?

[QUOTE="rawsavon"]

[QUOTE="Travo_basic"]Me too. I wish I could go back to school.TheAbbeFaria

Apparently we are losers then...losers FTW
-I sure am glad that most girls like smart guys though :P

Michael Faraday never went to school, nor did he ever do schoolwork.

Leonardo da Vinci went to school (or the fifteenth century equivalent) and did schoolwork. What's your point?

[QUOTE="TheAbbeFaria"]

[QUOTE="rawsavon"]

Apparently we are losers then...losers FTW
-I sure am glad that most girls like smart guys though :P

Theokhoth

Michael Faraday never went to school, nor did he ever do schoolwork.

Leonardo da Vinci went to school (or the fifteenth century equivalent) and did schoolwork. What's your point?

One doesn't need to go to school to become educated.

I envy the fellow much. I'm not too savvy with his lack of science degrees, after all, he could have thrown one or two in just for variety. That being said, to each his own.

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[QUOTE="TheAbbeFaria"]

Michael Faraday never went to school, nor did he ever do schoolwork.

TheAbbeFaria

Leonardo da Vinci went to school (or the fifteenth century equivalent) and did schoolwork. What's your point?

One doesn't need to go to school to become educated.

The exception only proves the rule. Do you think anybody can be like Faraday?

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]

[QUOTE="TheAbbeFaria"]

Michael Faraday never went to school, nor did he ever do schoolwork.

Leonardo da Vinci went to school (or the fifteenth century equivalent) and did schoolwork. What's your point?

One doesn't need to go to school to become educated.

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]

Leonardo da Vinci went to school (or the fifteenth century equivalent) and did schoolwork. What's your point?

One doesn't need to go to school to become educated.

I'm surprised they let him keep piling on the degrees. most phd programs have limited spaces available, so they try to find people who are going to use their degree to do something important in the field. if you're applying to a graduate program, try telling them in the application letter that you're only applying because you like to learn. See how far that gets you.

litewo

You could use it as advertising, like this genius studied at our school out of all the others, and I don't think these spaces count for people who decide to take the course from their homes?

[QUOTE="TheAbbeFaria"]

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]

Leonardo da Vinci went to school (or the fifteenth century equivalent) and did schoolwork. What's your point?

Theokhoth

One doesn't need to go to school to become educated.

The exception only proves the rule. Do you think anybody can be like Faraday?

Anyone with a desire to learn can be like Faraday, anyone who likes to read and learn about things. It's not as though autodidacts are rare because there are certainly quite a few of them. Many Renaissance men, including Leonardo daVinci himself were large self-learners. Leonardo da Vinci didn't even receive much formal learning in mathematics and geometry.

[QUOTE="Travo_basic"][QUOTE="TheAbbeFaria"]

One doesn't need to go to school to become educated.

rawsavon

No, I'm not. I'm not even talking about what I said earlier. I'm talking about the sentiment, which goes back to my very post, that a degree doesn't necessarily equate to knowledge. One can still be knowledgeable without having a degree. I think you need to relax a bit, I was only kidding around before, or couldn't you tell that I wasn't being serious?

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[QUOTE="rawsavon"] Cared enough to post that it makes poeple losers :oTravo_basic

So what?

[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="Travo_basic"]Neither Raw or Theo were arguing that.TheAbbeFaria

No, I'm not. I'm not even talking about what I said earlier. I'm talking about the sentiment, which goes back to my very post, that a degree doesn't necessarily equate to knowledge. One can still be knowledgeable without having a degree. I think you need to relax a bit, I was only kidding around before, or couldn't you tell that I wasn't being serious?

1. No one here said that knowledge has to come from a degree/college...you just took a counter argument to a point that no one made
-all here would agree that knowledge can be gleaned from a variety of sources

2. I don't think you were kidding...but that is neither here nor there...you need to make yourself more clear or say so when someone calls you out on it...not 10 posts later…unless you don't really care what other posters think…but then don't get upset when they make assumptions based on the limited information available
-you are a new poster here. how is anyone supposed to have any feel for you or how you post

[QUOTE="Travo_basic"][QUOTE="TheAbbeFaria"]

So what?

Tjeremiah1988

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[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]

[QUOTE="TheAbbeFaria"]

One doesn't need to go to school to become educated.

TheAbbeFaria

The exception only proves the rule. Do you think anybody can be like Faraday?

Anyone with a desire to learn can be like Faraday, anyone who likes to read and learn about things. It's not as though autodidacts are rare because there are certainly quite a few of them. Many Renaissance men, including Leonardo daVinci himself were large self-learners. Leonardo da Vinci didn't even receive much formal learning in mathematics and geometry.

What separates autodidacts from people in general is not the desire to learn but the structured organization provided by a school. Some people can organize it well enough in their heads but they are not the norm.

[QUOTE="TheAbbeFaria"]

[QUOTE="rawsavon"] He backed himself into a ridiculous corner with his earlier statement...now he is struggling to rationalize and fight his way outrawsavon

No, I'm not. I'm not even talking about what I said earlier. I'm talking about the sentiment, which goes back to my very post, that a degree doesn't necessarily equate to knowledge. One can still be knowledgeable without having a degree. I think you need to relax a bit, I was only kidding around before, or couldn't you tell that I wasn't being serious?

1. No one here said that knowledge has to come from a degree/college...you just took a counter argument to a point that no one made
-all here would agree that knowledge can be gleaned from a variety of sources

2. I don't think you were kidding...but that is neither here nor there...you need to make yourself more clear or say so when someone calls you out on it...not 10 posts later…unless you don't really care what other posters think…but then don't get upset when they make assumptions based on the limited information available
-you are a new poster here. how is anyone supposed to have any feel for you or how you post

Now you have a feel for how I post. Whining just gets on my nerves.

[QUOTE="Tjeremiah1988"][QUOTE="Travo_basic"] Why make a post calling people who go to school losers?Theokhoth

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One can get a degree without knowing what the degree is. One can gain knowledge without getting a degree, and not waste time doing pointless essays, homework, ect. I would much prefer learning about the history of Egypt by going to Egypt and getting a first-hand look by visiting museums, talking to historians, debate, ect.TheAbbeFaria

[QUOTE="rawsavon"]

[QUOTE="TheAbbeFaria"]

No, I'm not. I'm not even talking about what I said earlier. I'm talking about the sentiment, which goes back to my very post, that a degree doesn't necessarily equate to knowledge. One can still be knowledgeable without having a degree. I think you need to relax a bit, I was only kidding around before, or couldn't you tell that I wasn't being serious?

TheAbbeFaria

1. No one here said that knowledge has to come from a degree/college...you just took a counter argument to a point that no one made
-all here would agree that knowledge can be gleaned from a variety of sources

2. I don't think you were kidding...but that is neither here nor there...you need to make yourself more clear or say so when someone calls you out on it...not 10 posts later…unless you don't really care what other posters think…but then don't get upset when they make assumptions based on the limited information available
-you are a new poster here. how is anyone supposed to have any feel for you or how you post

Now you have a feel for how I post. Whining just gets on my nerves.

No, I don't...takes a lot more than 1 thread

And no one was whining in this entire thread...on either side of the debate...don't know where you got that from
-unless you are just making the statement "i don't like whining"
-well "i don't like coffee"

[QUOTE="TheAbbeFaria"]

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]

The exception only proves the rule. Do you think anybody can be like Faraday?

Theokhoth

Anyone with a desire to learn can be like Faraday, anyone who likes to read and learn about things. It's not as though autodidacts are rare because there are certainly quite a few of them. Many Renaissance men, including Leonardo daVinci himself were large self-learners. Leonardo da Vinci didn't even receive much formal learning in mathematics and geometry.

What separates autodidacts from people in general is not the desire to learn but the structured organization provided by a school. Some people can organize it well enough in their heads but they are not the norm.

Autodidacts have existed since at least the day so antiquity, and the schools of antiquity are not as structured as they are now. In fact, the school started by Plato was nothing like the schools of today, unless you think talking and debate instead of classwork is what we have today. We don't.

I think everyone is capable to become a self-learning, and really who isn't when it boils down to it? Everyone has an interest, which they pursue even past the school environment. I see people who've not been in school for at least 10 years in libraries, bookstores, ect, picking out history books, physics books, and things of that nature. An autodidact is more of a person who doesn't treat any subject as a mere hobby though, or interest. He's really a student with enough discipline to sit down and study over a book for extended periods of time. Discipline can be nurtured, and anyone can do this.

[QUOTE="TheAbbeFaria"]One can get a degree without knowing what the degree is. One can gain knowledge without getting a degree, and not waste time doing pointless essays, homework, ect. I would much prefer learning about the history of Egypt by going to Egypt and getting a first-hand look by visiting museums, talking to historians, debate, ect.Vandalvideo

It depends upon the person who is doing the essays and the homework doesn't it? Certainly a person can do these things without learning from them, thereby making them pointless. Should the person actually learn from doing the essays and the homework, then it ceases to be pointless. However, from a personal standpoint, I learn better when I'm interested in the subject, and nothing bores me more than doing essays and homework. I would sooner read a book, commit the pages to memory than to do worksheets on it. Essays are a bit iffy to me. I don't mind doing them when I feel the need to, however, I would rather recline on the grass on a nice morning with a book on the subject in my hands than sit in a dorm, writing the essay.

It depends upon the person who is doing the essays and the homework doesn't it? Certainly a person can do these things without learning from them, thereby making them pointless. Should the person actually learn from doing the essays and the homework, then it ceases to be pointless. However, from a personal standpoint, I learn better when I'm interested in the subject, and nothing bores me more than doing essays and homework. I would sooner read a book, commit the pages to memory than to do worksheets on it. Essays are a bit iffy to me. I don't mind doing them when I feel the need to, however, I would rather recline on the grass on a nice morning with a book on the subject in my hands than sit in a dorm, writing the essay.TheAbbeFaria