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Previously on "Can one really think straight if one hasn't undergone rigorous training ...."
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Not gonna read through 11 pages. I agree.Originally posted by sasguru View Post...in a hard, highly logical subject at a decent university e.g. maths, physics, engineering, even computer science, and mastered the course with a very good grade?
Aren't those who have done so snapped up by businesses, for good reason?
It's obvious that the more poorly educated in the CUK congregation lack thinking skills.
But what's more worrying is that our leaders Cameron (PPE - requires AS level maths only) and Osborne (History) probably can't think straight.
My maths / physics based degree set me on a course that encompassed computer science, music and just about everything in between, doing research in itself trains a particular mindset.
Analytical and logical I sort problems other's can't, there's a career summed up.
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostIf you read my original post I said a rigorous degree from a good university. Maths is just one rigorous subject. As it is I have a BSc in Engineering and an MSc in Statistics.
I'm studying Maths now for fun. Of course having gone through the rigour successfully means you probably have above average logico-analytical skills, but that's not sufficient for true intelligence.
I would say my true metier is knowing people - that's why I was quite senior and why I can tell the fools on this forum straightaway.
HTH
HTH
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Is that why you never answered my question?Originally posted by sasguru View PostIf you read my original post I said a rigorous degree from a good university. Maths is just one rigorous subject. As it is I have a BSc in Engineering and an MSc in Statistics.
I'm studying Maths now for fun. Of course having gone through the rigour successfully means you probably have above average logico-analytical skills, but that's not sufficient for true intelligence.
I would say my true metier is knowing people - that's why I was quite senior and why I can tell the fools on this forum straightaway.
HTH
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But physics and computer science both make extensive use of mathematics.Originally posted by sasguru View PostIf you read my original post I said a rigorous degree from a good university. Maths is just one rigorous subject. As it is I have a BSc in Engineering and an MSc in Statistics.
I think it's more likely that one needs to be able to think straight to study a rigorous subject at a good university.
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