• seven_phone@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I think the differentiating factor is bulk intelligence, the guy in the bath is a one or two per generation mind and PhD students are ten a penny. I was one, I know. I saw a mechanical engineering doctorate banging a screw into the wall with a hammer.

    • mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml
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      14 hours ago

      Oh gosh you are not helping my cynicism related to higher education.

      I keep wondering if I (and a small group of my friends) are the smart ones and that scares the shit out of me because I think I’m the dumb one.