Re: [hangout] Re: pittance

>>>>> "Steve" == Steve M <[email protected]> writes:

>> If what your saying is true, your in the wrong field because dependency of
>> such 'rare' guiniess is not enough fuel for an industry to make.

Steve> This doesnt require the level of genius you think doesnt exist.  Anyone
Steve> who is able to understand a novel would probably be able to perform well
Steve> on this sort of test.

Well, I'm gonna disagree with you there, by analogy. :)

Almost all of my (adult) friends have no problem reading and following
a good sci-fi or fantasy novel.

Very few of them could *write* such a novel in any way that would
have my interest.

Similarly, sure, we can teach almost anyone to read a computer program.

But the skill to *write* a computer program is not necessarily
trainable to everyone.  It requires some innate sense of abstract
reasoning and problem solving that is definitely available only to a
small portion of the adult population in my experience.

Maybe some of you live sheltered lives, hanging out only with nerds.
You gotta get out more often. :)

Think of how many VCRs are out there that are *flashing 12:00*.
Doh!

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