Rather cocky, eh?
Two points:
1- You implied something fishy about the Wiki page stating he was "preparing his Doctorate PhD research" without a Masters. On the UCLA web page:
"Ph.D.: Applicants interested in a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering are not required to have completed the master's degree in order to be considered for admission. Those admitted to the Ph.D. program without a master's degree are required to complete the UCLA M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering while proceeding toward the Ph.D."
So he could apply to UCLA without the Masters.
2- Not required for Neuroscience, but you may not consider that "applied science". Is Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering applied science? It is not required there.
Do you know what field he planned for the PhD?
That's a funny way to put it, MS not required for applying but required for completion. Now, go ahead and read the prerequisites for completing a Master degree. Bachelor degree probably not required for admission but required for completion
I don't know, but then again, I have still have to see a PhD program in any Applied Science discipline that does not require a Master for completion (ok, I concede a genius could complete his Master during his PhD tenure, although I wonder how one would pass the PhD first years exams without a Master degree level of knowledge).
Not even BSc he is, I would think.
However, he has a wiki page
John A. Westlake - Wikipedia
"I left school at 17" he says
John Westlake | zStereo
However, he has a wiki page
John A. Westlake - Wikipedia
"I left school at 17" he says
John Westlake | zStereo
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billshurv, of course I agree, and that is what I try to do. Not the case of everybody else ?
But let-me told-you a little story (You know I like this).
My son has just finished his Master2 degree in Law this year (because he has inherited from the impressive intelligence of his father, he will probably be major of its promotion ;-)*.
He was engaged by the company he was in alternance this year. The first thing they told him was to avoid as much as possible all this volapuk that seems to be the main goal of the university.
Note that the poor students were obliged to memorize a lot of articles of law and jurisprudence, that changes constantly, that can be found in a click with a computer, and never been taught how to use ... a computer to find what they need to find. Happily, he is good at this, thanks to the video games ;-)
* For the second degree enemies, I'm just mocking myself.
An accurate analysis. He asks the same question(s) over and over again of the same people because he has a theory that he can't prove. Does he think that if he carries on asking they will relent and go out of their way to do the tests for him? It could be simpler and that, and he's suffering from short-term memory loss.
It is a good advice.
Maybe it would be easier to get, if those "with PhD" or other well experienced engineers would lead by example instead of refusing to learn about (or to educate themselves about) terms and methods used in cognitive psychology or psychophysics.
@ PMA,
That's why I was asking about the benefits of using pejoratives on humans thinking differently.
Think about the times when you were adamant about the uselessness of ABX tests ("just complete wasting of time" afair or words to that effect).
Did it help when others were using pejoratives when discussing, or would it have helped (in case that pejoratives weren't used back then
)?
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It is a good advice.
Maybe it would be easier to get, if those "with PhD" or other well experienced engineers would lead by example instead of refusing to learn about (or to educate themselves about) terms and methods used in cognitive psychology or psychophysics.
We are all still humans!
So, that means, if your are an PhD or an experienced engineer, you'll need superhuman powers to notice and fill your own gaps of knowledge although constantly lecturing others about how urgently they need to fill _their_ gaps of knowledge?
That's why I was asking about the benefits of using pejoratives on humans thinking differently.
Think about the times when you were adamant about the uselessness of ABX tests ("just complete wasting of time" afair or words to that effect).
Did it help when others were using pejoratives when discussing, or would it have helped (in case that pejoratives weren't used back then
Maybe it has helped, at least I was considering that intelligent people have had other view than me so I was thinking that I should take their opinion into account and ask myself why their view is different
. This, together with my collected experience, lead to change in my attitude. I have no problem to admit my mistake .
Yes, of course
But do you consider a single jump of 1A to be a dynamically changing current demand?
So, that means, if your are an PhD or an experienced engineer, you'll need superhuman powers to notice and fill your own gaps of knowledge although constantly lecturing others about how urgently they need to fill _their_ gaps of knowledge?
I feel it more the speck of dust in eye vs plank argument. If we were all sat around a table in a bar I am sure the conversation would rapidly converge onto a common ground and shared learning.
Or get drunk and argue about something else...
I think we all learn from the PhD types which is as it should be, but similarly the bench 'technician' has plenty to tell of real world laws and insights of which the pure 'theoretician' is clueless.
Sometimes it is these theoreticians that need to open their minds to the real world which is the real science and not just to a book, an equation or a virtual world simulation.
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