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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Um, PP, you're just confirming that you are rather thick.

Operating a flight is a physical skill in which, yes, years of experience counts.  However, tracking and analyzing the education sector requires the same skills at which many journalists excel -- critical analysis, research, ability to synthesize data, and to write.[/quote]
Better "thick" than your disingenuous word salads.

Your PP talked about those with multidisciplinary backgrounds being better at problem-solving.  So I cited to pilots operating planes, which you reduced with sleight of hand to mere "physical skill" -- really?  There's no problem-solving or critical thinking involved with pilots if something goes wrong?  But anyway, let me give you another example then.  Back in the 60s, when the NASA folks in "Hidden Figures" were trying to send astronauts to the moon, who were the problem solvers?  Were they journalists with top-notch and well-rounded critical thinking and research skills?  Hell no.  They were mathematicians, engineers, and programmers with (gasp!) specialized theoretical and technical knowledge.

Keep on thinking that a journalist's research skills and analytical thinking alone are enough to solve big problems.  They may sometimes help with revolutionizing higher-level thinking on a subject.  On that I agree with you to a degree.  But at the end of the day, who comes up with the actual solutions that generate tangible benefits?
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