No one, not even my professors seemed to know the big picture and most did not even care to ask the big questions much less understand the answers.
However, with luck and persistence you manage to cross a certain knowledge threshold, then things start to fall into place and make sense.
As to why I had to know the diameter of the earth, I felt an obligation to know and understand these things.
. . . It's a genuine burning need to know.
I only wonder why everyone does not feel that same need?
As to my social hierarchy poll, I expected to find a standard deviation curve from the results and guess what?
. . . That's exactly what I found!
It sounds maddening.
It's not enough for you to know that people from all walks of life participate in the hobby? And anything you get from this thread wouldn't- no, I mean SHOULDN'T necessarily quantify any feelings of superiority that you may gather from knowing what you know.
It's not everyone's job to know the diameter of the earth. If it's yours, what a great job you have. What do you get out of this? Originally Posted by Tiffani Jameson