Who knew? [finance.yahoo.com]

Yep!!! knew it ....GIANTWHORE's one hell of a teacher ....






ROCKMAN



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See how many PhD's you can spot in this picture ><



I kid

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Rockman
Yep!!! knew it ....GIANTWHORE's one hell of a teacher ....

How is New Zealand 5th and Australia 9th? Don't they know Colonial lives in NZ?

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

How is New Zealand 5th and Australia 9th?

They gave the world Lord Of The Rings......We gave Mad-Max ...



ROCKMAN

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Rockman
How is New Zealand 5th and Australia 9th?

They gave the world Lord Of The Rings......We gave Mad-Max ...

I'd take Mad Max over LOTR any day. Well the first Mad Max anyway.

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Rockman
How is New Zealand 5th and Australia 9th?

They gave the world Lord Of The Rings......We gave Mad-Max ...

Bastards!

Most educated doesn't necessarily mean the smartest. The smartest people I've met were the ones without degrees. The correlation between academic degrees and intelligence aren't that obvious. And many degrees today aren't worth the paper they are written on. If you want education: Visit your library!

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Stoneage
Most educated doesn't necessarily mean the smartest. The smartest people I've met were the ones without degrees. The correlation between academic degrees and intelligence aren't that obvious. And many degrees today aren't worth the paper they are written on. If you want education: Visit your library!

Good point. I think back to college, and I met some of the dumbest people I could ever hope to there. One can have a college degree, and have no common sense whatsoever. I've known some people in my life who were just complete airheads, but they were good at school. They could memorize what needed to be, wrap their heads around various concepts quite well, and made good grades, but were absolutely useless otherwise.

My parents are Canadian, and both have degrees, but my mother got hers in "Dance", so that's one of those degrees that "aren't worth the paper they were written on". I've never seen her dance either.

the good news is we can always try to move to Canada.

Where the hell is Denmark and Sweden????
Ill better move to my family in Toronto!!
Anyway, I,m VERY VERY tired of living in Denmark!!!


Bo

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Stoneage
Most educated doesn't necessarily mean the smartest. The smartest people I've met were the ones without degrees. The correlation between academic degrees and intelligence aren't that obvious. And many degrees today aren't worth the paper they are written on. If you want education: Visit your library!

Why the rationalization? An inferiority complex maybe?

Some of the stupidest people I've ever met DON'T have a degree. Your personal 'poll' means nothing.

No, it's not that tf. I have had my fair share of education and I don't feel inferior to anyone (well, almost...) in that department. I was just trying to point out that the correlation between length of education and intelligence level isn't unequivocal.



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Stoneage
No, it's not that tf. I have had my fair share of education and I don't feel inferior to anyone (well, almost...) in that department. I was just trying to point out that the correlation between lenght of education and intelligence level isn't unequivocal.

Your absolutely right...but there is a strong positive correlation. Just because a country has the most education, doesn't mean the citizens are the smartest necessarily, BUT it does mean they are probably among the smartest, and have a higher percentage that are smart, because of education, than those that don't have that benefit.

With all that said, smart people can be stupid...or something.

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JFD...for some reason I also thought you were from Toronto...I happen to be in Toronto as of about 5 hours ago.

I agree with those who note that "educated" doesn't equal "smart" - and I apologize in advance to the tech who has to help me set up my wireless router this week. Sincerely - class of '83.

Since we are planning a vacation (holiday, for you non-North Americans) to Toronto in a few months, I be able to check this out myself!

Don't be a stranger, BD!

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SomeTorontoGirl
Don't be a stranger, BD!

I will let you know when I'm heading in your direction, it will either be the 3rd week in April or the 2nd week in May. It has to work around my concert going schedule (lol)!

Let me know if there's anything going on here, Dude. I've given up looking!

Maybe Canada needs its own emoticon.

May I humbly suggest (_!_)

(Smart *ss)

As the first person under 18 to take an IQ test (I was five and the first test case, scored Mensa at the time).....Geee can I wade in without being bias (lol). MY dad went to scholl with those who developed the test so he offered me up as test subject.

Canada produces the second highest number of new inventions next to the States. Canada produces the highest rate of medical breakthroughs. Canada's economic model has been adopted by many countries following the melt down, we stayed afloat while attached to the biggest rock!!! Our policing and penial systems are the most copied in the world. Degrees or not I beleive it is more the social target of Canadians that heads us towards such achievments. I watched a show on educational models around the world and the reasoning for the US and Canada invention dominance is the method of schooling. An examle given was Japan. IN Can and US we are taught I'll give you "A" and "B", now you tell me what you canmake of that. While Japan would take "A" study it to death, re-jig it for mass production, take other ideas and improve them vs inventing what A+B could be.

What I do find of interest is that in Canada there is no perception like in the states that the parents are somehow responsable to pay for post secodary education. So we have a high rate of post secondary education (Diplomas and Degrees) but payed for by the students, nothing motivates you like a student loan, now this I find significant towards the idea of how Canuks are motivated to improve their educational status. Many of my freinds have obtained their degrees later in life.

However, it is just one persons survey and criteria, and one thing we do not like in Canada in when they publish such rubbish about how one school supposidly stacks up against others right hear at home, so I should not allow myself to give this one any more credit!

That's just my educated opinion (College diploma Forestry, commercail pilot, glass tradesman), I just skipped spelling class.

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SomeTorontoGirl
Maybe Canada needs its own emoticon.

May I humbly suggest (_!_)

(Smart *ss)

Hiya STG! I knew I'draw ya out of your cave with this thread.How is my old Nemisis and chain doing these days.

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

Rose to your bait, Nemesis! All is well here. 10' (celsius - or 50' in foreign-heat), no snow. No excitement, nada. How's by you?

I live in the states but I have to admit that Toronto is one of the greatest citys in the world. And as far as fashion....Canadians buy a mile.

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Stoneage
Most educated doesn't necessarily mean the smartest. The smartest people I've met were the ones without degrees. The correlation between academic degrees and intelligence aren't that obvious. And many degrees today aren't worth the paper they are written on. If you want education: Visit your library!

I totaly agreee with that statement. Travelling and working around the globe for years with or without Rolling Stones concerts I met the most brilliant bright people who experienced life and not only university/college. I think to many people just think in thinktanks and don't go out to the real life listen to the nature in its finest tunes and colors, listen to people telling stories about life. Such education is far more creating self confidence and lust for life then only sitting behind the books. But one doesn't exlude the other.

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SomeTorontoGirl
Rose to your bait, Nemesis! All is well here. 10' (celsius - or 50' in foreign-heat), no snow. No excitement, nada. How's by you?

I'm good. (except for a certain candy bar named troll on here)....Looking forward to a new Bruce tour.

All the call centers are re-routed there. Or was that India...

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The Sicilian
All the call centers are re-routed there. Or was that India...

Could be Moncton, New Brunswick, a lot of them there. NB is the only officially bilingual province in Canada so they get a lot of call centre business.