Ron,
Agreed, but you must have also let a few go. I've got a number of Piled
Higher and Deeper colleagues whom I have a tremendous regard for but the
point was that a PhD doesn't insure that you always have a gem. I'd say the
mix is about 8 to 2 - quality to schmuck. As Buster said, the PhD only
means that they have met some educational marker specialized in a narrow
branch of education. It does NOT indicate the ability to apply that
education of a productive, practical benefit to human kind.
In short, there are some over-educated egg heads out there....
Cheers!
Jim
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Ron Soave <soavero at yahoo.com> wrote:
> You guys are hanging out with idiots. I know and hire very many Ph.Ds who
> are
> extremely productive, practical and,um, not prone to stereotyping people.
> Severla have invented and developed technologies and products that have
> changed your life and in some cases saved it or that of a love one. I
> happen
> to know one who is a renowned materials physicist, great musician,
> house/barn/amplifier wirer, medal-winning horseman, and all-around great
> brother, Dr. Bob.
>
> --- On Mon, 6/6/11, b-evans at earthlink.net
> <b-evans at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > From: b-evans at earthlink.net
> <b-evans at earthlink.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Obama Genius, Etc
> > To:
> spridgets at autox.team.net
> > Date: Monday, June 6, 2011, 11:59 PM
> > Jim Johnson
> wrote: bWorked with
> > a guy in Houston who had 4 separate PhD's
> > by the time
> he was 22. And they were in math and science!!
> > We had to help him
> > tie his
> shoes
> > and occasionally had to go show him how to get to where he
> > lived.b&b
> >
> > Ah, you were lucky, Jim. After careers, among others,
> > as a newspaper
> reporter
> > and editor, and as a cop, I went back to school to get my
> > BA and
> advanced
> > degrees. After that I found myself on the history
> > faculty at a
> major
> > university with 1,200 PhD. Now it must be remembered
> > that a PhD
> simply means
> > that the person has simply done further study of a VERY
> >
> narrow subject within
> > their discipline. (Mine was the influence on
> >
> Congressmen from districts with
> > large free and slave negroes when voting on
> race-related
> > issues from
> > 1830-1860.) For myself, I forbid my
> > students
> from addressing me as either
> > bDoctorb or bProfessorb. bMr.b was fine by
> me.
> > (At one point, we
> > hired a new Academic VP who refused to address
> anyone as
> > bDoctorb unless
> > the person was a MEDICAL doctor. Unfortunately,
> too
> > many PhDbs let their
> > ego take control, and they believe they are
> expert on ALL
> > issues, even outside
> > their discipline. (Remember, those who
> teach in
> > grades K-12 must take courses
> > in teaching and pass national and
> State tests. PhDbs
> > need no training to
> > teach; just the PhD bunion
> cardb. And, most
> > have been institutionalized
> > since they were 5--from
> kindergarten to elementary school
> > to junior high
> > school to high school to
> college to post-graduate
> > university. Few have been
> > out in the real world,
> holding a job or meeting a
> > payroll. Fewer still have
> > served in the
> military.
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