I'd like to point out something for the people who'd ever like to repeat any insult directed at any person's academic knowledge:

1. If rational and reasonable throught processes could only ever arise from academic education, then none of us would ever really be rational and reasonable, since the institutes were created by people who had at least some rational and reasonable thought processes and created the foundation of academies and curricula alike.
2. The above would also mean that nobody would ever be able to make a logical construct without an education that is, as such, apparently impossible to exist.
3. If the aforementioned arguments hold any water, and I think they do quite well, then we are all talking nonsense - an apparent contradiction.

Therefore, one can formulate any sort of rational theory, provided he or she has an at least basic understanding of the subject; the academic courses only provide said understanding.


P.S.: Once again, very well said, Kelly.