I’ve got one, and there are many many thing I’m an idiot on
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teegus@sh.itjust.works 10 months agoSooo you’re saying it’s understandable for someone with a PhD to not have basic common knowledge?
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
candybrie@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Oh yeah. A PhD means you hyperspecialized for years. You get one by being the expert and advancing your field in, usually, one tiny tiny area. For anything that isn’t that tiny area? Likely to be a stupid as anyone.
AWTM_James@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I mean, sure. As someone who recently went back to school and is around a bunch of PhD and PhD students, they’re really, really smart… about their specific area of study. But more than some of them are fucking stupid when it comes to other, normal things