I am intrigued that you claim to be able to judge my intellect from just a few random written ramblings!

"nit picking"

Irrespective of anyone's intelligence and/or education - good discussion on any topic is not served by merely promoting one narrow viewpoint and ignoring many other well known ones.

"i am not the most eloquent writer of the English language"

Language and it's proficiency therein is just like any other musical instrument - the more practice, according to certain ruled based philosophy, the more technical skill achieved. Now I am aware some some people will never progress as far as others in some fields - for me , I hit the wall with calculus: even though I could 'intuit' and visualise what was happening, the ability to perform the maths was beyond me as i do not have a mind that could memorise and recall all the 'magic transformation' formulas. These days I am finding that my ability to type accurately is decreasing, and I rely heavily on my little ieSpell plugin.


"as my academic education was somewhat limited, but i have been round this world kept my eyes open, read books, listened to many peoples stories, lived and worked in different countries. i feel that this more than makes up for a lack of higher education."

I believe Mark Twain said that he never let his schooling interfere with his learning.