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you miss my point to argue semantics. What if the PhD is the ends (in and of itself), not just the means to some other end?
by 1stop 13y ago
you miss my point to argue semantics.
What if the PhD is the ends (in and of itself), not just the means to some other end?
- unmei 13y agoIt's not. If it were, it wouldn't be called "training".
- mattlutze 13y agoIt's an academic credential to show an ability to do research, and to present that research, in an academically sound and rigorous method. I would be quite surprised if the overflow of PhD holders in science spent that extra decade of double hours and crappy compensation just to say they did it, and expect that percentage is in reality negligible. If more people are granted PhDs per year that want to do research than are needed, then there are too many produced. It's really that simple.