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Originally Posted by Gargoyle_Steve
Phil I often use the "amateur astronomer" term to describe myself, but I was once "corrected" by someone who was firmly of the opinion that as I have no actual tertiary qualifications in astronomy I shouldn't be calling myself an astronomer of any kind!
(I wonder what Galileo, Copernicus, etc, would have to say on that?)
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Who was the
snob who said that??!!!. I wonder just how well "
educated" that person was.....I love
idiots like that. I've come across so many of them in my day and I take a great deal of pleasure in bringing them down a notch or 6. They seem to think they're the ultimate authority in what is known and who should know what, that in reality they know very little at all. Even about subject matter to which they've spent a great deal of time "learning" at an university and/or TAFE. Like all "experts" they think that what they know is all there is to know. Truth is, the more you learn, the less you actually really know. It's a truth some of these people seem to forget and should take heed of.
I've been an amateur astronomer for many years, and within a few short years hope to make that a professional qualification. However, I'll never relinquish being an amateur because no matter what I might do as a professional astronomer, I will always take great pleasure in observing with whatever equipment I may have at the time. Love to see one of those
tools say something to me like what that one said to you, then. I wouldn't be able to stop laughing!!!....at them.
) then learning their craft. It is not uncommon for graduates to leave with a pass average and very little knowledge let alone practical application skills in their area of study. Still many seem to complete the unofficial unit A101 "how to be an arrogant obnoxious sod" with honours and will use any opportunity to exert their superior intellect on other lesser beings.
