tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post5195320790914135873..comments2024-03-27T06:56:10.255+00:00Comments on Broad Oak Magazine: Declining by degreesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-45960053893491796932017-05-13T22:06:32.010+01:002017-05-13T22:06:32.010+01:00I was gong to add my piece from James Michener'...I was gong to add my piece from James Michener's 'Space' (a history of the early space program). When they found out that most of the engineers and scientists that came from Nazi Germany didn't technically have degrees (and so couldn't occupy the jobs that they had), the space program purchased mail order degrees for all of them.Paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952088638231881617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-64740245881143051272017-05-13T19:31:11.472+01:002017-05-13T19:31:11.472+01:00Something I noticed a few decades ago was a lack o...Something I noticed a few decades ago was a lack of scientific rigour in recent science graduates. The worst case I came across was a chemistry graduate who seemed to have absolutely no idea how chemical reactions are supposed to occur. Nice enough chap but no scientist.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.com