[Magdalen] Gap year (or more)

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Well, M, we have a lot of folks in the world who were unable to find a
place of fulfillment in the workforce (or perhaps they are fulfilled in
those positions in which we find them).

I do not recall encountering either of those personally, so perhaps they
are not very common.

The problem about anecdotal information is that we meet and interact with
dozens of thousands of people, and we forget all of them except for the one
individual who stands out, and then, we say, "Ah, I met a taxi driver who
speaks fifty seven languages fluently, so that means that we can assume..."
No, it means that people are different and we only remember the outliers.
Even when people say, "It seems like every day I meet someone who is <your
pet outlier here>," chances are you are still dealing with this phenomenon.

If I were to meet a clerk who was an ordained priest, say, I could then
say, "This kind of individual exists." I could not begin to guess at the
prevalence.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 6:38 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> That must be the explanation for all the barristas and cab drivers
> with Ph.Ds then.
> -M
>
> On Thursday, June 4, 2015, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Why would anyone allow a larger number of people to study for a
> profession
> > they know it is going to glut the field? That would be insane
> >
>