XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.supp   
   rt.schizophrenia   
   From: being@apolka.sign   
      
   Noah wrote:   
   >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.   
      
   But he did understand how they worked.   
   But he didn't understand quantum theory.   
   But he did understand how to grind a lens.   
      
   Point being, he didn't go to a university.   
   He was self-educated in many Ways.   
      
   He didn't need a professional   
   nor an authority to inform him in various Ways.   
      
   >>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.   
      
   Naturally, if that's the paradigm chosen to map   
   a phenomenon called, being able to do.   
      
   There's a Taoist tale in the Chuang-tzu about a swimmer   
   who took a dive into rapid water and emerged unscathed.   
      
   When asked about if he had a Tao, he said, nope.   
   He simply grew up around water and went with the flow.   
      
   To say, one way or the other, he had to learn   
   could be said. To say he needed an education   
   and that's in the equation, or a university or a   
   professor, he'd have said nope.   
      
   >>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.   
      
   Sometimes.   
   I'm kinda going for a walk in a bit.   
      
   >>- thanks to the both of you! Cheers!   
      
   - looking forward to beer o'clock ...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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