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Originally Posted by THE SCUD
Not attacking his education - I agree, many people have done great things without it. But debates like the ones we see on CP require relatively UNBIASED knowledge, and the best way to get that is through an education.
Otherwise you end up like Mikey and soearch out knoweledge that supports your own pre-determined bias. Having an education and learning from many smarter people who have different biases opens you up to the world. Being uneducated and self-taught only gives you a deeper inherent bias in what you already believed.
CASE IN POINT: MIKEY.
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Disagree. One can obtain this knowledge via other means than education. Social interaction with different people in different walks of life, world travel, reading (which even Mikey, with his grade 7 education, should be able to do), life experience, etc. A higher education is not needed to form a solid base of beliefs, values, and morals.