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KevonLooney@lemm.ee 8 months agostart 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”.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Sorry maybe not phds specifically, but masters and bachelors maybe? Lots of certificates and qualifications require just written tests, no practical testing.
KevonLooney@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Ok, but you specifically said “PhD”. Your comment sounds like you just don’t know what a doctorate is.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 8 months ago
And I made a mistake, it happens. 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.
KevonLooney@lemm.ee 8 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”.