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My experience getting my PhD
Jul 25, 2016 2:11 PM
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meteormonkey
I often worry I'm actually very stupid and just feign intelligence with my education.
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meechum
I have found there is a difference between intelligence and knowledge. You don't have to one to have the other.The brilliant posses both
cocodonut
They are also more dedicated. Sometimes I think about going back for a Masters and then remember I was really, really bad at school.
Bebopboopdedo
Education is a great door opener but experience is what propels you further in your career. Unless you want to do research.
dracomageat
Of course they're not necessarily smarter, just like black-belt isn't necessarily stronger, just more likely to be good for specific tasks
SFCrawNik
I know a few with engineer degrees, one tried jumping out of a truck going about 30mph.
imoutofnames
They are smart in the subject they studied. Not necessarily intelligent overall.
CrimsonWilly
Education is not mental capacity
BDMatelier
I work in academia, Phd's aren't all that special. I have a diminished respect for them and higher ed in general now.
epoke
I, too, work in higher ed. Expectations have dropped greatly so enrollment numbers can increase. It's been going on since the late 1990s.
IsupposeThisWillDo
The only two things you need to get a graduate degree are curiosity and tenacity.
Protomorphosis
. . . and money/loans (in the USA)
VisofSer
Working support in a uni, most educated and degreed people are very smart in a narrow focus and utterly stupid otherwise.
horrocj1
That's a great way to get people without graduate degrees who are insecure about their intelligence to upvote you.
wcg01
There's a cynical comment
horrocj1
Don't mind me, I just call out point whoring when I see it.
idodialup
Working on my masters and I agree. As one of my professors once said, "some people are educated beyond their intelligence."
Ullala
That sounds exactly like most of the grad students i went to school with.
hoxanator
Lots of factors here, but they seem to have more drive than someone who chooses not to further their education. Where applicable of course.
wcg01
I tried to choose my wording carefully. They are not /necessarily/ smarter. Further, I drive and intelligence don't always go together.
hoxanator
No they don't. But if I had to pick one I'd choose drive.
wcg01
Probably a smart choice ;P
sffmunkee
As someone with a degree. This. Also plenty of people with degrees just proved they can pass exams not actually have any intelligence.
LilSis061016
C's get degrees. You can take entry exams until you pass, and even the last doctor in the class is still an MD.
BiteTheHandsThatThieve
I've met some brilliant homeless people, and I've met dumb as fuck educated people. Life is too crazy for me to judge.
HellfireJags
My experience, I seem to just keep meeting dumb as fuck people.
Delta93
"Two things that are infinite: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -Albert Einstein
BiteTheHandsThatThieve
There are a lot.
fartboxtonguepunch
There is a huge difference between being smart and just knowing a lot.
TastyButts
Many different kinds if intelligences as well
dbba
Yes, and a good graduate degree won't just focus on knowledge, but on ability to apply said knowledge and find more too
beingthatguyagain
"Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?" —T.S. Eliot.
gnarlygus
Or between being smart and getting a masters from university of phoenix
Bebopboopdedo
UoP masters aren't smart?
TheMightyMoto
Wisdom vs intelligence.
mehwhyshouldithinkofsomethingunique
This. Truly smart people draw upon their knowledge to make new connections with other ideas.
TastyButts
Good problem solvers perhaps?
mehwhyshouldithinkofsomethingunique
And innovators.
Oy19
Smart or not as smart, though, everyone can benefit from knowledge. Knowledge is power.
jcj94
But successful use of that knowledge is where the power lies.
Oy19
Very fair point