# What kind of education would Tony Stark have? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-education-would-tony-stark-have/740030 "2015-12-10T02:33:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-education-would-tony-stark-have/740030/41 "2015-12-12T13:37:16Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > He’d basically have to be a polyglot genius in all fields and be able to disregard the laws of physics, the question is pretty meaningless. Polymath. The term is Polymath. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-education-would-tony-stark-have/740030/42 "2015-12-12T15:37:37Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Miller** : > > It’s a comic book, so by comic rules, Tony Stark only has one degree, in “Science.” No, no, no… His degree isn’t in “Science.”. It’s in “Science!”. You need the exclamation point. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-education-would-tony-stark-have/740030/43 "2015-12-12T18:28:54Z")
Absolutely!!! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-education-would-tony-stark-have/740030/44 "2015-12-12T22:30:09Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > No, no, no… His degree isn’t in “Science.”. It’s in “Science!”. You need the exclamation point. It’s blinding me! ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-education-would-tony-stark-have/740030/45 "2015-12-13T21:22:30Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > My question is how Captain America can destroy an elevator full of S.T.R.I.K.E. team thugs and then leap twenty-odd stories to the warm comfort of a concrete pad, but has trouble defeating one French Algerian mercenary in hand to hand combat? Never mind the guy’s Muay Thai skills; can’t Cap just chest punch Batroc’s heart through his back and move on to completing the mission? It isn’t like he didn’t just take out (i.e. kill or permanently maim) an even dozen mercs who were supposed to be holding the ship. > > Stranger I’d fanwank that it’s actually easier to fight a group of guys in an enclosed space since they’ll all be getting in each others way and want to take you alive, not to mention you’re a super-soldier with an unbreakable weapon that you’re an expert in using. Vs. Batroc Cap just wanted to slow down and enjoy things. Gotta smell those roses. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-education-would-tony-stark-have/740030.md?page=2)