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Originally Posted by myv65
You're not often blatantly wrong Bill, but this time you are. If it all depended purely on one's interest, Ben would be king of the watercoolers. Much like you need a good pump, block, and radiator to create a good system (as opposed to one item being crap and trashing the entire thing), it takes both interest and ability. A good engineering education can serve as an immense leg up on the matter, but without ability you'd be hopelessly lost.
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oooof, gut shot
the oldest trap, assuming that others are the same/similar
no argument; certain specific abilities are required to become a practitioner,
lesser obviously to come to a basic understanding - but still not for deadheads
(I should be more mindful of 'ability' given some huge difficulties in 'explaining how to interpret a graph')
but Dave, also of consideration is motivation
I'm operating under the assumption that I will have more success by pushing people towards the sources of info, rather than by telling them how difficult the subject matter may (will !) be
I would emphasize your statement as follows:
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A good engineering education can serve as an immense leg up on the matter, but without ability you'd be hopelessly lost."