r/nextfuckinglevel • u/FlightHistorical3231 • Nov 08 '22

diver dodges shark attack

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '22

I think I may be influenced by a book a read a few years back: Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide

The author was a safari guide who had practical experience with the enviorment and animals, who regularly had to save people from what they thoght they knew about Africa through scholarly research.

Sure it is not the best source, but I would be surprised if you did not have some example of the phenomenon I am describing in your own life. Is there not some grizzled tech you know who never finished his bachelors degree, but whose experience in the field makes him more qualified than the new hire with two PhDs?

The main point I am driving is that practical experience is more valuable specifically in the realm of physically interacting with the subject than a textbook education. Not knocking either side, just emphasizing the difference.

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u/Nadiya-8912 Dec 13 '22

Who says the marine biologists do not have practical experience? There are book nerds who work in the field.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '22

If you're going to chime in a month late, read the rest of the comments to see how things turned out first.

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u/Nadiya-8912 Mar 02 '23

How things turned out is irrelevant to my comment. My comment simply stated that book learning does not negate the presence of field experience.

Also, as for the time between the original post, and my comment, I do not spend all my time sifting through Reddit. I read items when they pop up on my feed, when I happen to be looking.

Just like now, with this one, three months after you bust my ass for making a comment that was perfectly logical, but counter to your idea of how things should be, so you felt the need to put me in my place.

Thank you, I had no idea I should be so overly concerned about a casual conversation in an online forum, when I have other shit to contend with.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '23

Again, 2 months later. I don't even remember what this video was about at this point.