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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Funnily enough, that’s also what a large portion of people do too, just regurgitate stuff without comprehending its meaning.

Lots of people get phds while just being able to answer textbook questions, start questioning them to get them to apply that knowledge and it’s just air. It’s literally what people call “book smart” vs “street smart”.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

At what point are you satisfied after someone admits their mistake? Are ya just going to stay hung up on the fact that someone said something incorrect? Do you move on?