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shyt nikkas used to spark they joints with batteries and staples when no L was around
MIT graduates cannot power a light bulb with a battery
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MIT and Stanford grads are some of the most well prepared graduates so I heard. They did not go to school for that why would they know that.
I hear you... but this is circuitry 101.
I mean... this is the first thing you learn, on the first day after the teacher hands you a syllabus.
This would be like Chemical Engineer not knowing how to titrate a solution.
There's just no way you got through chem 1 without knowing this
I understand what everyone in this thread is saying but... this is extremely basic.
Same, every one in the School of Engineering had to take Mechanics (Engineering Physics)
notPsychosiz
I started this gangsta sh-
Glad the brother did it though
He had the highest probability of lighting it based upon his answer.
When asked could they, everyone declared "Yes / certainly / of course."
If you understand dunning-krugger and that these kids have no experience you can use this to judge how little they actually understand electricity.
On the other hand, the black man responded "maybe" which is an indication he better understands the difficulty and complexity of electricity and may also understand how to actually close the circut to power the bulb.
The dunning-krugger effect is incredibly powerful to understand.
Once you grasp it you can spot deadweight from miles away.
The dude at 1:35 is shorting the BatteryThey better take that away from him before it blows up
This is not someone I would want jumping my car battery
You see him hooking up the cables and you like "You know what breh, I'm good, I'll walk
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BrehMan
Old Avi from :hamster:
This reminds me of the video in the opening post. How the hell were you an executive on Wall Street and the other guy was at Harvard but couldnt explain a derivative?
Fillerguy
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Yassssss! This validates our sub par education 
Agreed but this is so basic it shouldn't be limited to Engineering.
You don't have to be an engineer to jump a car battery, which is the same principle as this.
Most people don't know how to jump a car. I've literally had to save brehs from doing dumb shyt. You'd be shocked, breh.
A lot of nikkas get exposed when they're with their chick and they get a flat or they have to go to the mechanic together to figure shyt out.
99% of engineers are not prepared for the real world:
Can you hand solder a microchip?
Can you reprogram a logic board?
Can you you identify the logic process of a board by looking at at?
Can you map a schematic of a board with a test probe?
With an oscillator can you confirm the resolution of the electrical current on the board?
Way too much theory in schools, not enough practical language. My personal opinion is that schools like MIT and Harvard make good theoretical teachers. Give me a guy with no college experience with 5 years of hands on experience building circuit boards from scratch any day of the week over these college grads.
Can you hand solder a microchip?
Can you reprogram a logic board?
Can you you identify the logic process of a board by looking at at?
Can you map a schematic of a board with a test probe?
With an oscillator can you confirm the resolution of the electrical current on the board?
Way too much theory in schools, not enough practical language. My personal opinion is that schools like MIT and Harvard make good theoretical teachers. Give me a guy with no college experience with 5 years of hands on experience building circuit boards from scratch any day of the week over these college grads.
Nearly all of them have hands-on "real world experience" by the time they've graduated.
One of them was able to do it in the video, I'm sure this was selectively edited.
Personally, I know how to do it because we had to build the circuitry of a miniature house in 7th grade Earth Science, but I know other people don't have the same experience as me.
I hate to sound like i'm bigging myself up, cuz i'm not... but these are things that were covered in the first 2 years of engineering, and i'm not even a mechanical engineer
Hell I sitll have soldering kit at home.
I refuse to believe that the students at MIT are not doing this shyt in Lab.
This has to be very selectively edited, there's no way....
UpAndComing
Veteran
Exactly. General Engineering programs are a waste of time IMO. It's pure theory no hands on. And most of the "lab" is replicating gravitational force or how colors and textures change in chemical reactions
To me the best major is Engineering Technology. It prepares you to be an Engineer and Technician. In a way it's basically the same as a 4 year trade apprenticeship
Eng Tech majors have lab work in every class and field experience in their chosen field. Plus have classes devoted to passing State Licensing tests
Instead of getting out of school to be a low level intern, AKA paper pusher your first 3 years
