> My point was that it's extremely common for PhD students to just go through the motions I think you misspelled 'human'. Of course people do that. And of cour

> My point was that it's extremely common for PhD students to just go through the motions I think you misspelled 'human'. Of course people do that. And of course there are places to 'practice pretend research' - we've just spent multiple generations flipping universities into something much closer to businesses. Business caters to customers, what do you expect them to do?