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   rt.schizophrenia   
   From: fedora@fea.st   
      
   On Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:04:56 -0700, one  wrote:   
      
   >Venus as a Boy wrote:   
   >> schrieb Noah Sombrero:   
   >>   
   >>> Here is another place where you need to go to university to even   
   >>> understand what you are saying.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>I just take my father as an example, he never studied and only was   
   >>educated as an electrician, but to get a job at Siemens Electronics he   
   >>visited electronics seminars where he learned the basics of electronics   
   >>and also the basics of CPU circuits studying basic CPU's he was so good   
   >>at it that he even made me understand the basic CPU circuits and   
   >>finnished the seminars with an A grade (Not university seminars but   
   >>something like a community school). That was some 40 years ago or so   
   >>when i was 10 years old, and he became so ambitious about Computers that   
   >>he convinced me of weilding/building a 8086 PC together, which then   
   >>where like the non plus ultra! And i am sure he understood the CPU's   
   >>circuits and basic electronics so well that he could have build basic cpu's.   
   >>   
   >>Conclusion: You don't have to be a wizard or a genius to understand the   
   >>world!   
   >   
   >Agree. Totally.   
   >My father built telescopes for fun.   
      
   But he did not invent the idea of how lenses can be shaped for   
   different purposes and fit together for other purposes.   
      
   >He didn't need to be educated by an institution   
   >with walls and professors in a class-room setting.   
      
   One way or the other, he had to learn.   
      
   >A friend of mine probated an estate of his parents   
   >without being a lawyer. He simply took the time to learn   
   >on his own, what needed to be done to be acceptable.   
   >   
   >Another friend of mine restores cars, for fun.   
   >He didn't learn how by going to school.   
   >   
   >Lots of examples can be given where people don't need   
   >to go to a university to understand various phenomena.   
   >   
   >A way is a way and yet might not be the only way.   
   >   
   >Noah is an interesting conversationalist.   
   >He is rational enough to make sense and generally   
   >speaking is pleasant enough to not offend me   
   >as he generalizes given his Way with words.   
      
   You are kind.   
      
   >- thanks to the both of you! Cheers!   
   --   
   Noah Sombrero   
      
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