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Re:Fuck college education, start minding your own business i... by ahoyhere on Thursday January 15, 2009 @10:54AM (#435251)
The word "educate" comes from "educe," to pull forth. That's not how universities work any more.

Anyway, you'd be surprised at how many successful people in all kinds of fields do not have a degree, or don't have a degree in the field they're in.

They just don't make the news as often (cough except for Richard Branson cough). You're right that there's a selection bias, but you missed the other selection bias.

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Re:Fuck college education, start minding your own business i... by gravitycop on Thursday January 15, 2009 @10:59AM (#435262)
The word "educate" comes from "educe," to pull forth.

Also related is the word "eduction", as in "the eduction of relations and correlates", Charles Spearman's definition of acting intelligence (1927). http://www.google.com/search?q=eduction+relations+correlates...

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