Would you brag about that on this board? That is my only point. And in hind sight I appologize for making a big deal about it ... but I kind of found it funny. The quote was:
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I have a math/computer degree. Right now, I wouldn't be able to integrate myself out of a paper bag without going back for a review. But; the knowledge does help me know where to go back.
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Basically I was saying that who cares about an undergrad in math/computers. Really that was all that I was saying. I personally wouldnt have mentioned it. It was a small point ... my comment was : PHD?? When I read the post for the first time I read it like :
I was the head of the department of mathmatics at MIT and now I cant integrate myself out of a paper bag.
I mean would that be different from saying :
I took calc in high school and now I cant integrate myself out of paper bag ...
Again, it was just a small comment about the irrelevant nature of the "degree in math/computers" .
I would dare venture that the average person on this board has more knowledge about both math and computers as the average person that graduates with an undergrad in math / computers.
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Originally Posted by Tensor
Then in your estimation, I haven't bothered to graduate from high school. I don't have a college degree. Which means absolutely nothing. There are about five posters here who I would trust with an answer concering GR. And I don't think any of them have a PhD (at least in GR). But, those post have learned and know GR. Phil Plait, one of the admins of this board, does have a PhD in astronomy, but cheerfully admits, that most of GR is beyond him. So what exactly does his PhD do for him, in the matter of GR?
I only mention the above because I don't think you'll find too many veteran posters here who would denigrate the quality of my posts, just because I don't have any kind of degree. If that sounds like bragging to you, so be it. I just think I can be justifiably proud of the quality of my posts here, my degree status, not withstanding.
Just for your information, what I do have is over 160 credit hours of college credit (and no, none of that is CLEP or correspondence, it's all classroom). If you want to throw in CLEP and courses I've gone through on my own, by going through post graduate textbooks, I'm probably pushing 180-190 credit hours. Most of my credit hours are in either physics, math, computer science or electronics (both applied and theory), and geology. I have enough credits in any of the above to get a BA or BS in each of them. My brother, who has his masters, has 142 credit hours. So, I have over 60 hours past a BA or BS, and according to you, that means nothing.
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29-April-2008, 03:48 PM
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