> Ph.D. dissertation may be something like "An original contribution to knowledge worthy of publication." So true - now most students are happy with, "I came i

> Ph.D. dissertation may be something like "An original contribution to knowledge worthy of publication." So true - now most students are happy with, "I came into the office every [most] days and did [the thing]. I wrote it up so where's my PhD." They don't evaluate their own data critically for interesting information - they did the experiment or simulation as told and they think this is their job.