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Originally posted by The Hierophant:
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Originally posted by Vaskez:
Most of them are pointless pieces of knowledge
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Come now Vaskez, as a student at a higher learning institution surely you have become aware that there is no such thing as pointless knowledge? [img]smile.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]I have become aware that in fact there are lot of almost pointless pieces of knowledge: they are useful only to a very specific application. Especially on a degree like mine, the actual facts you learn are often made obsolete in the next 3 years due to the advance of technology. It's the skills you have to take away.
Then again, in that sense you're right cos every piece of knowledge adds to your "examples database" and "general patterns and trends database" in your brain so even if you don't use it directly, it'll somehow be useful. Hmmmm just blabbering away, don't mind me [img]tongue.gif[/img]