<p>I have a technical education also. But I’ve found technical disciplines to be little help in human endeavors. (What was that line in The Boxer? “A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.”) As the designated Parent-in-Charge-of-Risk-Mitigation it was my job to be relatively certain that there would be at least two college acceptances for each of my daughters. And any technical person will tell you that “being sure of two” mean “being likely at many.”</p>