EH - 101 : Real Education

"Why not simply pursue your own interests, degree plans be damned, outside of training credentials?"

Having never met Ira Katz - i already like him. His taste for applied philosophy matches Dr. Lenny's passion and he seems to have similar life experiences. His take on education matches the REDILE philosophy and fits the on-line learning philosophy manifest in the lecturehall and yourclassroom.com. How you apply knowledge in form and function - using symmetry to simplify tasks - is essentially what learning is about. Taking a core interest and looking at the ramifications from a variety of points of view should lead to the same core appearance from every perspective. When these differ, there you have what to question why.

Of course - doing this takes you completely out of the political circus of power, influence and control. IMHO - that is a very good place to be (or not to be, eh, Ira).