I agree about how insipid these discussions can get. The bottom line is there is no degree requirement that guarantees the individual possesses curiosity about

I agree about how insipid these discussions can get. The bottom line is there is no degree requirement that guarantees the individual possesses curiosity about our world or an ability to grasp and then explain complex ideas. What clouds the discussion even further is that many of the people involved are far enough removed from that time in their life that they can't remember what they knew or didn't know about anything. I look back and think about how much I could have learned if I had spent less time doing things like video games, or watching sports or whatever, without realizing that so much has changed in 15+ years that alot of what I find interesting may not have been invented then. Or if it was, it wasn't that important to me.