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To: IrishBrigade
...and as far as fostering abstract thought, coursework in logic and rhetoric would serve far better than distant mathmatical concepts...

I'm with you. Not knowing Calculus never kept me from doing what I wanted to do in life or from being a productive member of society. On the other hand, having experience in logic and rhetoric has made be a better thinker and speaker than almost anyone I know with an advanced degree, most of whom have been educated into imbecility topped with arrogance.

28 posted on 03/13/2023 2:03:59 PM PDT by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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To: fidelis

I presume your job didn’t involve designing rockets and lunar trajectories.


117 posted on 03/14/2023 5:47:17 AM PDT by GingisK
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