Originally posted by Rhonda:How come no one else seems to like studying?!
School's stressful but I actually kinda like it!Originally posted by the Bear:of course.. for school.. it's pretty yukky..
however, gathering knowledge for the sake of knowledge and interests.. that, i like
Originally posted by Rhonda:School's stressful but I actually kinda like it!
In fact, if I suddenly struck it rich overnight, I'd invest most of it so my future will be financially secure, and then I'll return right back to school to study just for the fun of it! Get as many degrees as I can just cause I'm interested in the field!
Originally posted by Rhonda:It's good to have the fundamentals right. For instance, you can't just pick up Physics like that. I spent practically all my school-going years in morbid fear of math and though I don't think I'd ever want to do math again, I'd love to study Physics and just gain at least a basic understanding of it.
I've always wanted to learn the fundamentals for humanities like Philosophy and Political Science. And it's odd, I have an interest in Economics now that I'm donkey years out of college, where I had no choice but to study it!
And then, there's Nutrition which interests me greatly.
I'm a stickler for organisation - if I want to do something, I want to do it right, right from the start!
Still, you need to have a grasp of the fundamentals and etc to know that some theories are indeed wrong. Otherwise, you won't really be able to prove them wrong.Originally posted by the Bear:unfortunately, apart from math and the sciences, a lot of the other things like economics, you will learn from picking up that the fundamentals in universities are dead wrong..
which is why i shelved my plans to do an MBA.. i don't want to go fight with all the professors who based their whole careers on fallacies
Originally posted by Rhonda:Still, you need to have a grasp of the fundamentals and etc to know that some theories are indeed wrong. Otherwise, you won't really be able to prove them wrong.
I like the attitude of the author of this book I'm reading, Tim Harford of "The Undercover Economist". He first explains a fundamental Economics concept, then he exposes the flaws, and offers a much better alternative. The scientific method of dispelling a theory.
Otherwise, you can rant till the cows come home, you won't be able to win anyone over to your point of argument, even though you may be right.
Right now, I don't know enough to comment. My grasp of Economics is very very shallow now.Originally posted by the Bear:simplicity itself...
economics is based on the flawed concept that there is no limit to what the world can give.. everything 'resource' like water, air, pollution and all that is free...
there is no upper limit and that's where overpopulation is taking its toll.. and global warming too..
most of all, everyone in power and in the universities refuse to change the economic model to take all that into their models because of politics and self-preservation..
with all that already in the establishment, you think they'll give someone with an alternative view the time of day, much less accept his findings?
the Stern Report is being slowly forgotten now...
that says a lot...
Originally posted by ChingAlvin:you're actually a F student right?
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i can swear i am not a C student[/b]