Comments on: Credentials and Credibility http://permaculture.org.au/2009/02/13/credentials-and-credibility/ Permaculture News, Commentary and Worldwide Projects. Mon, 21 May 2012 02:23:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Craig Mackintosh http://permaculture.org.au/2009/02/13/credentials-and-credibility/#comment-29513 Craig Mackintosh Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:45:11 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=1095#comment-29513 I think you guys would love the (large) Wendell Berry quote on specialisation and the rise of the 'expert' generation - found halfway down <a href="http://permaculture.org.au/2008/08/19/developed/" rel="nofollow">this post</a>. It's one of my favourites. I think you guys would love the (large) Wendell Berry quote on specialisation and the rise of the ‘expert’ generation – found halfway down this post. It’s one of my favourites.

]]> By: Darren (Green Change) http://permaculture.org.au/2009/02/13/credentials-and-credibility/#comment-29512 Darren (Green Change) Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:41:04 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=1095#comment-29512 Oh man, this resonates with me. I recently volunteered to be on the OH&S Committee at my workplace. Little did I know that you can't be a committee member until you are "qualified". So they sent me away for four (4!) days of OH&S training. That training was over 90% fluff and filler. The whole thing could have been done in 2 hours. So why is it 4 days? Because that's what the government has legislated! Oh man, this resonates with me.

I recently volunteered to be on the OH&S Committee at my workplace. Little did I know that you can’t be a committee member until you are “qualified”. So they sent me away for four (4!) days of OH&S training.

That training was over 90% fluff and filler. The whole thing could have been done in 2 hours. So why is it 4 days? Because that’s what the government has legislated!

]]> By: Jacob Luetkemeyer http://permaculture.org.au/2009/02/13/credentials-and-credibility/#comment-29492 Jacob Luetkemeyer Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:33:09 +0000 http://permaculture.org.au/?p=1095#comment-29492 I agree 100% with everything in this article. I have been expressing this same opinion to many people refering to many different areas. It seems as if the secondary education system has created their degree programs based around a narrowing of the mind. I finished a B.S. in Accounting and a Masters in Financial Services just to learn in my own studies a lot of the information was irrelavent and false. I did acquire some knowledge throughout my college education; however, I have learned so much more outside of college by opening my mind and looking at the whole picture. I argue with doctors all of the time about this subject. Many of them know absolutely nothing about nutrition. How can some one correctly diagnose a problem and offer a treatment if they know absolutely nothing about the root of the problem. The same holds true in most systems of government. They have gotten so big and created so many specialized departments the ones who really control the governing laws are able to get by with everything they can think of to gain more control. This is because they are looking at the whole picture and directing the orchestra to get the sound they want. I agree 100% with everything in this article. I have been expressing this same opinion to many people refering to many different areas. It seems as if the secondary education system has created their degree programs based around a narrowing of the mind. I finished a B.S. in Accounting and a Masters in Financial Services just to learn in my own studies a lot of the information was irrelavent and false. I did acquire some knowledge throughout my college education; however, I have learned so much more outside of college by opening my mind and looking at the whole picture.

I argue with doctors all of the time about this subject. Many of them know absolutely nothing about nutrition. How can some one correctly diagnose a problem and offer a treatment if they know absolutely nothing about the root of the problem. The same holds true in most systems of government. They have gotten so big and created so many specialized departments the ones who really control the governing laws are able to get by with everything they can think of to gain more control. This is because they are looking at the whole picture and directing the orchestra to get the sound they want.

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