lenbrazil
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Post by lenbrazil on Oct 20, 2005 21:05:15 GMT -4
I would be interested in knowing what peoples' technical backgrounds are. Many if not most of the arguments about CT [esp. 9/11] here revolve around technical issues. Many people make statements about scientific principles that make it sound like they have technical training, but they could just be avid readers. Sometimes these statements are made without attribution so knowing a person's background would be helpful in determining if they know what they are talking about.
I freely admit that my scientific background is close to zero even though my dad has a PhD in organic chemistry and was a scientific consultant. I can barely remember the science I learned in high school. I got a BA in History from Oberlin 18 years ago. I think my talent in arguing with CTists lies in spotting logical holes [as opposed to technical ones] in their arguments.
Many of you have mentioned your backgrounds in various posts. But I think having one place where people discuss their technical backgrounds would be helpful to me and others. I am not just talking about degrees and jobs. I think saying for example "I'm high school drop out and cab driver but have read dozens of technical books about...." would be valid.
Hopefully no one will be prone to exaggeration
I debated about where to place this thread. One could argue it belongs in General Discussion or that it make just as much sense to put in Apollo Hoax as here, but in the end I decided this was the most appropriate place.
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Post by Fnord Fred on Oct 20, 2005 21:12:10 GMT -4
I'm a college math major and tutor, with some physics and other sciences under my belt. So I don't have any technical experience with, say, engineering(although it is an interest of mine), but I can usually understand something written on the subject without too much hand-holding.
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Post by echnaton on Oct 20, 2005 21:44:04 GMT -4
I have a Master of Science in Finance. I spent two years as a student in a Ph.D. program. One year was building up my until then woefully inadequate math skills the second was studying micro and financial economics. My science knowledge is self learned through reading but is not in depth. I have a pretty good ability to read and understand certain aspects of physics and engineering when I put my mind to it.
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Bob B.
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Post by Bob B. on Oct 20, 2005 23:44:56 GMT -4
I have a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and 26 years experience in the construction industry. I am not, however, a licensed professional engineer (my job didn’t require it so I never bothered). I work for a general contractor that specializes in the construction of water and wastewater treatment plants. The vast majority of my experience is in mechanical estimating.
I’ve had a lifelong interest in space exploration and I’m particularly interested in the science and technology of space flight. My study of astronautics is strictly a hobby and has been entirely self-taught. I’m also an amateur astronomer, though I haven’t been very active lately.
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Post by frenat on Oct 21, 2005 0:05:10 GMT -4
I am an Air Force officer. My career field is Air Battle Manager. I have a Bachelors in Aviation Management. I would not consider myself to be an expert but I do have a workng knowledge of radar, weather, astronomy, physics, and a few other subjects.
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Post by gwiz on Oct 21, 2005 4:40:18 GMT -4
MA in Mechanical Sciences, as my college called engineering at the time, Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Chartered Engineer. Nearly 40 years working as an aerodynamicist in aviation and Formula 1.
Long time interest in astronautics, Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society.
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Al Johnston
"Cheer up!" they said, "It could be worse!" So I did, and it was.
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Post by Al Johnston on Oct 21, 2005 7:50:06 GMT -4
I have an M.Eng. in Materials Science, although economic factors mean it's way too long since I actually used it...
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Post by JayUtah on Oct 21, 2005 9:38:59 GMT -4
B.S. in mechanical engineering and computer science; the beginnings of a PhD in the same field, studying the simultaneous design of assemblies. I got lured away into industry before completing my graduate work. I taught, of course, at the university during this and then in industry I have worked for Herman Miller and a host of medium-sized engineering companies that subcontract to aerospace, maritime, and automotive. I'm currently leading the validation and failure analysis department for a company that makes supercomputers. We were responsible for much of the computational fluid dynamics work involved in designing the Boeing 787.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Oct 21, 2005 10:06:39 GMT -4
Did Chem, Computing BSc at University of Otago, studying some Physics at the same time. Since then I've worked as an analytical chemist for the largest milk company in the southern hemisphere and more recent as a computer programmer.
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Post by sts60 on Oct 21, 2005 10:26:45 GMT -4
BA (really) in physics and anthropology (really); MS in electrical engineering, MS in system engineering/engineering management. Roughly fifteen years as an engineer (I say "aerospace engineer" to people thought that's not technically correct, but they know the phrase) in the space field - command and data handling system development, payload integration, training, flight operations, ground systems development/integration/test, more recently switched to radioisotope power systems engineering. Interest in aviation in general (though getting a license has been on hold for about 20 years now). Somewhat relevant to 9/11 CTs: volunteer firefighter/EMT.
Oh, and I like long walks on the beach... ;-)
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Post by craiglamson on Oct 21, 2005 20:43:04 GMT -4
I have none whatsoever. I quite college after two years when I found out I was really an artist and not a lawyer wannabe. I have pursued advertising photography with a passion ever since and its been over 25 years.
Of course I am a fast study and I love research, and find I am a right side brain as well as a left side brain so the tech stuff grabs me as much as the artistic.
I love to read and find that I have the word google indented into my finger.
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Post by nomuse on Oct 22, 2005 17:05:43 GMT -4
Long time science geek frustrated by my failure to master the necessary maths. A fascination with movie special effects somehow landed me in technical theater instead, and aside from a little vacation with Uncle Sam ( jumping out of planes, blowing things up, and slinging a mean typewriter), I've been a theater bum ever since. The needs of modern theater have forced me to learn some very basic mechanics, statics, structural engineering, and the like. Lately, though, I've been focused (!) more on lighting and sound. In my spare time I model and render in 3d.
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Post by PeterB on Oct 24, 2005 3:10:02 GMT -4
Gah! I look at the thread and feel distinctly outclassed. I don't have any degrees, but I have a considerable amateur interest in science and history. Never could quite decide which I liked more...
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Post by Jason Thompson on Oct 24, 2005 10:15:42 GMT -4
BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry (got a first, and am still rather jazzed about that!) in 2001, with a number of years' experience in protein structure research. Currently I'm doing something completely different developing blood diagnostic devices.
I took A-levels in chemistry, biology, physics and mathematics, and aced them all. While that doesn't provide me with in-depth technical knowledge, it does provide an adequate background to recognise a fair amount of scientific and technical BS when I see it (such as David Groves's experiments, tucked away in the appendices of Dark Moon).
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lenbrazil
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Post by lenbrazil on Oct 24, 2005 10:39:46 GMT -4
BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry (got a first, and am still rather jazzed about that!) in 2001, with a number of years' experience in protein structure research. Currently I'm doing something completely different developing blood diagnostic devices. I took A-levels in chemistry, biology, physics and mathematics, and aced them all. While that doesn't provide me with in-depth technical knowledge, it does provide an adequate background to recognise a fair amount of scientific and technical BS when I see it (such as David Groves's experiments, tucked away in the appendices of Dark Moon). Great you have a science degree in an unrelated field [no offense] we can quote as an expert on such subjects as why WTCs 1 & 2 collapsed if they fell too quickly why WTC 7 collapsed if it fell to quickly if the hole in the Pentagon was the right size whether the wreckage of flights 77 and 93 corresponds to the "official" explanation if it's possible to make a cell phone call from a plane
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