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Cable argument put forward by a scientist

I have a PhD - it's overrated and under-useful in many cases (is under-useful a word!)
I mean, I have one, too. If one is lucky (I was), one's graduate education hones one's ability to think. From my perspective, it was well worth the effort.
Not that I disagree with the gist of your comment, though. ;)
 
I mean, I have one, too. If one is lucky (I was), one's graduate education hones one's ability to think. From my perspective, it was well worth the effort.
Not that I disagree with the gist of your comment, though. ;)
Hey doc ! I would characterise my time as the best three years I'd never want to live again :) It was tough, lonely and aimless at times. Did I add to the body of human knowledge - yes - was it helpful - not sure :)
 
Hey doc ! I would characterise my time as the best three years I'd never want to live again :) It was tough, lonely and aimless at times. Did I add to the body of human knowledge - yes - was it helpful - not sure :)
My time was rather longer (which may reflect on my being a bit slow on the uptake :facepalm:) -- I like to describe it as six years of boot camp. We figured out some interesting things -- and I got lucky - really lucky - in my post-doc. Chance favors the prepared mind... but I digress. ;)
 
"Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality." (Nikola Tesla, "Radio Power Will Revolutionize the World" in Modern Mechanics and Inventions, July 1934)
He said that because he didnt have the math. Which led to his biggest mistake, denying Maxwells equations. He didn't believe in EM waves.
 
When scientists (if he actually is one) start waving around their diplomas to justify their pronouncements in fields where they have zero expertise, one can only wonder about their ethics (and hope that it's just a lack of wisdom).
 
I worked with engineering PhDs for a decade in microwave, radar, and pulsed laser fiberoptics research and development. Once one of them took me aside and quietly said "Phil, always remember PhD stands for piled higher and deeper."
Good advice.
 
Don’t take advice from a TV gynecologist.
 
I worked with engineering PhDs for a decade in microwave, radar, and pulsed laser fiberoptics research and development. Once one of them took me aside and quietly said "Phil, always remember PhD stands for piled higher and deeper."
Good advice.
And as acoustician, audio technologist and Eastman School of Music Recording Workshop instructor Mel Sprinkle (RIP ~1981) used to say about experts:
an ex- is a has been, and a
-spurt is a drip under pressure.
 
“Scientist puts forth argument…..”

Well, is it a scientific argument, or not? Doesn’t matter if you are a well digger or bagel maker, if you present some science.
 
I haven't watched the videos because the argument from authority in the OP's opening sentence is a turn off.
Problem is, he's not an authority in any area he's talking about. There's a lot of that going around these days.
 
What’s up with bad science it sticks like an unpaid bill years and decades after debunking . And has an irrational and irresistible allure to some people ?

This guy Kunchur we discussed here ( its been going on for a while )

The MPR vaccine / autism guy , was a total fraud also working outside of his real expertise , like Kunchur , its a hint guys ;)

Why is bad science better story telling than good science ? This stink like the moon hoax and flat earth conspiracies from far away .
And nobody sees it ?

But as soon as the next crackpot theory hits social media everyone is on to it “they” ( big Pharma, illuminati the lizard people ) has fooled us again here’s the truth.

Real interesting science news just disappear ?
"Working outside his realm of expertise" is a tough call, either way.

I fall in the realm of liking cables that are well constructed, using proper materials, no shenanigans, and are flexible enough for me to use.

I enjoy this cable torture porn stuff, however! :cool:

We just won't know until the Blind Listening Messiah arrives and passes the first controlled test!
 
Curious, what are this guy's "scientist" qualifications?
 
Good question. We need the academic bonafides of every party involved.
Why? What matters is what you do and how you do it, not the piece of paper.
 
I mean, I have one, too.
In our company I've seen PHDs with great critical thinking minds and others where I wondered what they learned at all while getting a PHD.
Why? What matters is what you do and how you do it, not the piece of paper.
In our software department all my colleagues except one have a PHD and hold senior grades. I don't have a PHD, and my EE degree is not even from a university but from a practice oriented technical high school. Nevertheless I hold the only expert grade, and there are very few cases where I see the limits of my education, usually in highly sophisticated number crunching (advanced math).
If one is lucky (I was), one's graduate education hones one's ability to think. From my perspective, it was well worth the effort.
I learned thinking in class 11 (gymnasium, class 5-13) by a great geography teacher.
 
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