26th July 2013, 05:40 PM
P Prentice Wrote:doug. both these statements, however well-meaning, fall very short of making sense. whilst i can see why you think they are worth saying i have a couple of minutes in port.
the first is a great advert for bajr and his excellent forum but has no bearing on fact or even statistics
the second is a fallacy as any idiot can ask a question ...........
P Prentice- your statements, however well-meaning, took too narrow an interpretation of what I was saying and falls well short of making sense (
me having fun with your words, not being a dick, as forums can sometimes make me seem). I said asking questions and talking with people not asking questions on BAJR and talking(?) with people on BAJR. Learning should not be limited to just BAJR, even though it is a great place to learn. As for facts and stats- they did an informal survey in the US of archaeologists (survey monkey- passed around a forum like this). I good portion of people got their jobs by luck (it plays an important part) but an even great number of archaeologists got jobs through contacts. So I would say talking with people is the greatest way to land a job in archaeology. Mind you it was informal and in the US but I bet we run a survey here and a lot of people will say that they got an arch job through contacts. How does one make contacts?
As for the second, it is a fallacy as anyone can point out a person can ask questions........
Now that my fun is done, I think wax makes the point I was trying to say, though failed to fully articulate as you have rightly pointed out.
