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Originally Posted by Stonebreaker
Seriously, Enright. Look at your fellow grad students and tell me what percentage you would consider, as the missus put it, "smart or something," and how many are just smart enough to get by and dogged enough to put in the time to take the classes and the endless hours to write a dissertation. I'm kind of curious to see how you think it breaks down.  |
It depends on what field they are working in mostly. A PhD in social work or education is not the same as a Ph.D. in mathematics or neuroscience. In my department, I think there are two or three people who fit that category. But - I think most analytic philosophy department is not very representative of what you are talking about. Most of the weak students fail to meet the ABD requirements. Still. I've meet a lot of dumbasses who are working on thier PhDs. If you work hard and are moderately intelligent, you can get a PhD with your advisor and committees’ help (they won't help you get a good academic job). It was the same thing with lawyers. There are a lot of people with law degrees that are (to be quite frank) dumb as fucking rocks.