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BA's, MA's & PHD's for Skill Points.
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Vera Algaert
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#21 - 2012-04-18 10:14:10 UTC  |  Edited by: Vera Algaert
Nirnias Stirrum wrote:
Aruken Marr wrote:
You do realise a Bachelors of Science isn't a BA, right?


I noticed that also, i assumed he meant a BSc, hence my reply.

Everyone knows an Arts degree isnt a real degree. *snigger*

some universities (such as Oxbridge) award a BA degree even for science subjects.

edit: and most people with a PhD are not philosophers in any strict sense. what an outrage!

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Maximillian Dragonard
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#22 - 2012-04-18 10:15:58 UTC
hrmmm.. Ok, but make R/L experience count too Twisted

29 years of wholesale sales experience...... think of the level 5 trade skills! Shocked

Wut?!
ACE McFACE
Dirt 'n' Glitter
Local Is Primary
#23 - 2012-04-18 10:16:58 UTC
I have a Masters in Caldari Frigates!

Now, more than ever, we need a dislike button.
IHaveCandyGetInTheVan69
Crouching Woman Hidden Cucumber
#24 - 2012-04-18 10:17:02 UTC  |  Edited by: IHaveCandyGetInTheVan69
As a student reading Aerospace Engineering I fully endorse this idea.


Can sailors also get some kind of bonus to the zephyr please, like +10% velocity?

Convert #Facebook friends into social SP

Proof of purchase of a car with good MPG gives jump fuel conservation 5



Also I think OP means BEng or Meng for the engineering subjects and Bsc for Biology etc..
IHaveCandyGetInTheVan69
Crouching Woman Hidden Cucumber
#25 - 2012-04-18 10:24:54 UTC
Ender Karazaki wrote:
I have a swimming certificate, scout badges, first aid certificates, a certificate telling my employers that I'm not a pedo and many many more. Can I fly titan?


Looks like eve isn't the game for you, your skillset lends itself more heavily towards a tradition MMO, some kind of healer / rouge hybrid class at a guess.

Also that certificate doesn't tell your employers you aren't a pedo, all it does is tell them you haven't been caught yet.
Nirnias Stirrum
UberWTFBBQ and Battle Technologies
#26 - 2012-04-18 10:33:16 UTC
Vera Algaert wrote:
Nirnias Stirrum wrote:
Aruken Marr wrote:
You do realise a Bachelors of Science isn't a BA, right?


I noticed that also, i assumed he meant a BSc, hence my reply.

Everyone knows an Arts degree isnt a real degree. *snigger*

some universities (such as Oxbridge) award a BA degree even for science subjects.

edit: and most people with a PhD are not philosophers in any strict sense. what an outrage!



They are Social Sciences as far as im aware.. Different thing to a Science.
Vera Algaert
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#27 - 2012-04-18 11:38:17 UTC  |  Edited by: Vera Algaert
Nirnias Stirrum wrote:
Vera Algaert wrote:
Nirnias Stirrum wrote:
Aruken Marr wrote:
You do realise a Bachelors of Science isn't a BA, right?


I noticed that also, i assumed he meant a BSc, hence my reply.

Everyone knows an Arts degree isnt a real degree. *snigger*

some universities (such as Oxbridge) award a BA degree even for science subjects.

edit: and most people with a PhD are not philosophers in any strict sense. what an outrage!



They are Social Sciences as far as im aware.. Different thing to a Science.

no, just a matter of tradition - even for "hard" sciences they award a B.A. (but a M.Sci.)
(e.g. http://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/teaching/courses.php)

similar in spirit to the tradition that views most disciplines as sub-fields of philosophy and thus only awards a doctor philosophiae or PhD.

you are of course right with rgd to "social sciences" being difficult to fit into any such scheme - my own university has changed from a B.Sc. to a B.A. in Economics only recently.

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Bane Necran
Appono Astos
#28 - 2012-04-18 12:03:06 UTC
People play EVE to feel smart, not to be reminded of how stupid they are in real life. Blink

But if something like that had to happen, i'd suggest basing it on IQ instead. It's no measure of intelligence to go in debt for 50k+ to get a degree, and still be going nowhere in life.

"In the void is virtue, and no evil. Wisdom has existence, principle has existence, the Way has existence, spirit is nothingness." ~Miyamoto Musashi
Gorki Andropov
I Dn't Knw Wht You Wnt Bt I Cn't Gve It Anymre
#29 - 2012-04-18 14:08:15 UTC
Boston Bradley wrote:


So what do you think?



I think you should've gone to a proper university, not the University of Life and awarded yourself a million PhDs.
Just Alter
Futures Abstractions
#30 - 2012-04-18 14:27:08 UTC
Yeah this is a troll but: how would you prove what certificates you have?
Corina Jarr
en Welle Shipping Inc.
#31 - 2012-04-18 14:33:09 UTC
Time for feeding.


What of those individuals who never went to college but are currently grandfathered in to a career that would normally require college degrees?
Heimdallofasgard
Ministry of Furious Retribution
Insidious.
#32 - 2012-04-18 15:05:22 UTC
I've just completed a seven year phd on the topic of "Jump Drive Calibration 5"

This looks like the thread for me! Lol
THE L0CK
Denying You Access
#33 - 2012-04-18 15:19:43 UTC
Not seeing any culinary skills on my character sheet. This idea is biased from the get go.

Do you smell what the Lock's cooking?
Adunh Slavy
#34 - 2012-04-18 16:55:02 UTC
Just make your certificates public?

Or perhaps, better to keep them hidden so no one knows quite what or who they are dealing with.

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.  - William Pitt
jason hill
Red vs Blue Flight Academy
#35 - 2012-04-18 17:00:57 UTC
errr.......... i got GCSE cookery............... what does that get me ... other than a job at mcdonalds ? Big smile
Jett0
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#36 - 2012-04-18 18:30:54 UTC
If you're on a sports team, you should be able to run in your CQ.

Occasionally plays sober
AFK Hauler
State War Academy
#37 - 2012-04-18 19:35:05 UTC
I have no need to brag on my RL accomplishments in game...

My decorations for RL are for all to see in RL, just as they would be in the game if I had accomplished anything worth a damn in the game. No need to mix reality with fantasy.

I grind RL for decorations, not EVE.


Besides, keeping a low profile can be a benefit in EVE at times.
Ch3244
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#38 - 2012-04-18 19:44:38 UTC
let's base it on schlong length
Ank Parkor
WildSpace Otters
#39 - 2012-04-18 21:01:20 UTC
Being able to understand the turret mechanics is an award itself.

Anyway there's what? 50% of players have a science doctorate and 50% for whom the word school has no sense.
Just be happy there is a game for us who studied hard.
Too bad the same guys who stole my breakfast are the same that pod me.

[u]Short time trader, short term missionner, long term ambitions.[/u]

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Smodab Ongalot
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#40 - 2012-04-18 21:13:26 UTC
Ch3244 wrote:
let's base it on schlong length


So, your skill would be injected, but then not trained at all, eh? Lol

Also, what uni could I get a PhD in Titans from?
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