Why “PhD” is being discussed
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There's a bittersweet naiveté to those thinking PhD government will do a better job. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_and_the_Brightest
by itisit · Oct 31, 2026
What anti-intellectual horse shit. Carney has a PhD in economics, for one. But there are many: Tomáš Masaryk, Manmohan Singh, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Ricardo Lagos, Mary Robi…
by tensor · Oct 31, 2026
Holding a PhD at the very least means you can spend a sustained long amount of time on (potentially) intractable problems and try to arrive at solutions for them. That's a good…
by chunky1994 · Oct 31, 2026
Ehhh, that's the flaw in the logic. Holding a PhD doesn't necessarily make you better at anything other than strictly the topic of the PhD (and sometimes not even that), maybe o…
by xandrius · Oct 31, 2026
I would assume PhD holding people are smart enough to understand their limitations and strengths. They've been elected during a very special events. They know what's expected of…
by subscribed · Oct 31, 2026
Maybe they are just less experienced in politics. I wonder if their education includes much about the problems they need to solve for society in that country. On the plus side a…
by temp123477 · Oct 31, 2026
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A Doctor of Philosophy is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the degree is most often abbreviated PhD and is pronounced as three separate letters. Read more on Wikipedia