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67 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 16h \ on: Get a PhD in China by Inventing a Product Instead of Writing a Dissertation science

I'm all for this idea, but Needlessly Pedantic Man does want to point out that these are doctorates in philosophy, not doctorates in making cool stuff.

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64 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 14h

I'm actually not for the idea. I fully acknowledge that the average inventor generates much more surplus for society than the average PhD, so it's not coming from a place of superiority either. I just want the P in PhD to mean something. I am not happy with the proliferation of doctorates of various kinds where the rewardee does not actually know how to think deeply about philosophical issues.

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67 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 14h

I would also be for a radical contraction in PhD's

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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 14h

That being said, I also agree with @south_korea_ln that there are too many useless papers, and too many papers that exist just to be a line on someone's CV.

Meh, it's usually better for my mental health if I don't think too much about the meta situation within academia, both on the research and teaching side.

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