Associates Degree here, not that I would brag about that, but 3 out of the top 10 smartest people I know only have an 8th grade education ............... granted it was 8th grade in an Amish school system, LOL. They all log or help me with my logging when needed or they can. I know another young logger that has a bachelor's degree. The others are older guys and quite smart/crafty or enterprising. I know of two absolute idiots that call themselves loggers and well, they cut trees down, but it isn't pretty and it isn't efficient and I'm not sure how they aren't dead yet.
I think either for the good or bad, but logging tends to kill off the stupid ones (and I don't mean that lightly for anyone that knows someone who died logging), its just that you have to have your brain on quite a few things at once and if you mess up or slip up too many times, your number is up.
Sam