What Exactly Is a Doctorate?

pinhodecarlos · 2013-09-27, 13:36

I have to share this. It is very funny.

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What Exactly Is a Doctorate?

Ever wondered what getting a doctorate really means? Matt Might, professor of Computer Science at the University of Utah, explains it perfectly in this graphic presentation that starts with a simple circle.—JD
Every fall, I explain to a fresh batch of Ph.D. students what a Ph.D. is.
It's hard to describe it in words.
So, I use pictures.
Read below for the illustrated guide to a Ph.D.

Images in here: http://gizmodo.com/5613794/what-is-exactly-a-doctorate

PS( I am running for that dent...lol)

kladner · 2013-09-27, 14:26

Heh! I just have to say that there are multiple ways to get lumps.

xilman · 2013-09-27, 14:42

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Originally Posted by pinhodecarlos

I have to share this. It is very funny.

Images in here: http://gizmodo.com/5613794/what-is-exactly-a-doctorate

PS( I am running for that dent...lol)

After you gain the doctorate you also have something with which to impress the impressionable.

petrw1 · 2013-09-27, 14:59

Hmmm it was explained to me this way: I'm not sure is the rest of the world outside of Canada uses these acronyms.....and please don't take offense; just goofing around.

We all know what a B.S. is (... think beyond the obvious Bachelor of Science)
Then M.S. is More of the Same.
PhD is Piled Higher and Deeper.

kladner · 2013-09-27, 15:29

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Originally Posted by petrw1

Hmmm it was explained to me this way: I'm not sure is the rest of the world outside of Canada uses these acronyms.....and please don't take offense; just goofing around.

We all know what a B.S. is (... think beyond the obvious Bachelor of Science)
Then M.S. is More of the Same.
PhD is Piled Higher and Deeper.

Heh! As a degree-less person I find those quite amusing.

chalsall · 2013-09-28, 15:26

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Originally Posted by petrw1

PhD is Piled Higher and Deeper.

I'm involved with a new company within which I'm surrounded by PhDs... To compensate, I claim to be a PHD -- Pretty Happy Developer.

MooMoo2 · 2013-09-28, 18:11

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Originally Posted by pinhodecarlos

PS( I am running for that dent...lol)

Almost everyone here is. Every time you find a large prime or even complete an LLR test, you're adding to the sum of human knowledge. The value of that knowledge, however, is questionable.

2013-09-27, 14:26	#2
kladner "Kieren" Jul 2011 In My Own Galaxy! 2×3×1,693 Posts	Heh! I just have to say that there are multiple ways to get lumps.

2013-09-27, 14:59	#4
petrw1 1976 Toyota Corona years forever! "Wayne" Nov 2006 Saskatchewan, Canada 3·5·313 Posts	Hmmm it was explained to me this way: I'm not sure is the rest of the world outside of Canada uses these acronyms.....and please don't take offense; just goofing around. We all know what a B.S. is (... think beyond the obvious Bachelor of Science) Then M.S. is More of the Same. PhD is Piled Higher and Deeper.