Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George F Somsel <gfsomsel AT juno.com>]

On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 14:50:44 -0700 (PDT) Sujata <shevaroys AT yahoo.com>
writes:
> IMHO formal education of any kind is a quick stepping
> stone for a new entrant into any field. Any knowledge
> gathered thro' formal education however can be met and
> exceeded without formal education, if there is
> determination. I wonder how many doctorates a Thomas
> Edison or a Tesla or the Wright brothers had.
> 
> Other than a medical degree where self-learning could
> risk human lives, anything else could be learnt
> through private study, determination and a normal
> level of intelligence.
> 
> I do however understand the need for some with
> doctorates to defend the value of their doctorates.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Sujata
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It can also be mislearned.  How many self-taught crackpots have you
encountered?  They think they understand what the Greek or Hebrew of a
passage means because they can look up the words in Strong's Concordance.
 From idiots like these, Oh Lord deliver us.  On the other hand, a degree
doesn't ensure sound judgment which is probably what these people are
most lacking.  I've seen people with less than a High School education
who have done well in the world (or a Bill Gates who never even completed
a college undergraduate course), but I wouldn't ask them an academic type
question -- not even Bill Gates.  

george
gfsomsel
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