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

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    8 months ago

    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”.

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      8 months ago

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

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        8 months ago

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

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          8 months ago

          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.

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            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”.

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              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?