Totally selected the wrong meme for the old title, but here we are.

  • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    start questioning them to get them to apply that knowledge

    That’s literally what people do to get a PhD, they defend their thesis by answering a bunch of questions from professors about it. That’s the point of a PhD.

    It has nothing to do with “street smarts” unless the degree is from the “School of Hard Knocks”.

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      9 months ago

      Sorry maybe not phds specifically, but masters and bachelors definitely. Lots of certificates and qualifications require just written tests, no practical testing.

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        9 months ago

        Ok, but you specifically said “PhD”. Your comment sounds like you just don’t know what a doctorate is.

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          9 months ago

          And I made a mistake, it happens and I even admitted it and provided the proper examples.

          Very few qualifications require practical testing, if you want to circle a discussion on the one I made a mistake on in choosing that’s on you.

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            9 months ago

            Ok, but you said “lots of people get PhDs” without being able to defend their ideas. It’s literally the opposite.

            No one gets a PhD without being able to defend their ideas from very hard questions. You are 100% incorrect. Your dissertation defense did not go well and we cannot award you the degree of “Doctorate of Commenting”.

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              9 months ago

              And I admitted I made a mistake and corrected it.

              What do you think you’re proving by continuing to argue after I admitted my mistake, corrected it and explained it? Lmfao.