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Merlin Dorfman wrote in message <8u5bhv$d96$1@samba.rahul.net>...
>Ben Howard (?bhoward*hatescrapmail*at?bga!daht!cahm!) wrote:
>
>:     funny.. a lighting designer questions the intelligence level of a PhD
>: and former Treasury Agent...
>
>     And you of course are convinced of the massive IQ of all
>academics and bureaucrats.


    My point (and lame personal attack in response to another lame personal
attack) was that it takes more education to be a PhD than it does to be a
Lighting Designer.  I've been an LD (though not with as much professional
experience as Mr. Salzberg), and it mainly requires a cursory understanding
of electricity (mainly safety-related) and a good aesthetic sense, maybe the
ability to 'program' a controller module, depending on the sort of lighting
equipment chosen for the particular job.  It's not the sort of thing that
degrees or licenses are issued for (I could be wrong, maybe a degree in
"Theater Lighting"?  No licenses).  Granted that Mr. Salzberg has won
critical praise in his field (not an easy thing to do by any means); but Dr.
Liddy has written a best-selling book and served as a Treasury Agent, and
therefore is no sort of mental midget.  However, just about all of this is
pointless, as Mr. Salzberg contends that he was commenting on the
intelligence of Dr. Liddy's fans instead of the intelligence of Dr. Liddy
himself, and I have no real desire to argue the disagreement further in
either direction.  I've looked at Mr. Salzberg's work as displayed on his
website, and he is obviously pretty damned good at what he does.  I've read
Dr. Liddy's book _WILL_ and listened to his show, and he is obviously pretty
damned good at what he does.