On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 08:38:23 -0700, Robin Laing <robin.laing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I work with some very brilliant people but I have > been dumbfounded as to the simple things that they cannot do or > understand. I have seen a person with multiple phd's sit at an > electric typewriter and complain that it didn't work. It was turned off. Seconded. Many phd's tend to switch off their brain where more ordinary folk does a little bit of thinking or reading. Complaining instead of asking for help is typical too, imho. -- Bernd