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In spite of this thread appearing to be mostly about IQs and education and whatnot, I think that knowing people's backgrounds actually helps our discussions become less academic and more human. Not that purely academic discussions aren't interesting, but I think the heart of this board is people just talking from their own places.
quote:Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Every man I meet is in some way my superior." A corrolary to this statement is the fact that everyone we meet is in some way our inferior.
Mmm...my mother once said that "life isn't fair." That statement just sounds too close to fair to be true. It looks like the same thinking that leads some to believe that pretty people can't be smart, that smart people cannot be successful with the opposite sex...
Sort of reminds me of a Frasier episode where Frasier meets a man who he feels is, in every way, his better. If I remember correctly, he works through it, but at the end discovers the one thing he can do better than this other man. It doesn't always work out that way though. Life isn't fair.
Speed, I do have to say that I like what you took from the quote and your own experiences. I just wasn't feeling the Emerson quote, not disagreeing with your take on it at all.
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quote:I don't want to mention names for fear of leaving anyone out, but I've met people here that have taught me about visual art, music, language and linguistics, logic, writing, medicine, psychology, politics, computers, popular culture, economics and a host of other subjects
Hint...you left out PUNS!!!
mack, if it was up to me, you'd have your PhD already.
So, have you applied yet? What's next?
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Stats is not a problem. I'm really bad at math and considered a pretty decent statistician in that I can explain what the results mean and usually run the software packages without committing gigantic blunders.
If you go for understanding the concepts behind the statistical tests, and you understand experimental methodology, you'll be far ahead of most people in the field.
Knowing how to actually calculate the statistics is less important. You might even be able to con a friend into running the stats for you. hint hint.
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Geez, Bob, I should've hired you! You don't TEACH stats, do you? I had to coerce a co-worker into doing an introductory SAS class because there was a lot of interest here among the lab technicians. He seems pretty excited about doing it now, though, and he's probably going to do a monthly lesson as people suggest application ideas. I'm pretty proud of getting that set up for us. Posts: 1777 | Registered: Jan 2003
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