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I get the impression one year masters, 3 year PHDs, etc, were much more common in the mid 20th century. I presume financial incentives dragged out how long deg
by LAC-Tech 2y ago
I get the impression one year masters, 3 year PHDs, etc, were much more common in the mid 20th century.
I presume financial incentives dragged out how long degrees like this take now. That, or everyone is dumber, which seems unlikely.
- CorrectHorseBat 2y agoOr there's more to learn now and all the "easy" PhD subjects are already taken?
- LAC-Tech 2y agoYeah that could be it. (I'm idly speculating without any knowledge or research. It's just unlike a lot of people here I admit it) Maybe there's some ideal ratio between "current novelty levels" and "number of PhD candidates".