__/ [ Jesse F. Hughes ] on Friday 15 September 2006 15:53 \__
> "billwg" <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> Linux will never beat Windows?
>>>
>> Kind of an odd position for a PhD fellow to take, royboy! LOL!!!
>>
>> You are implying that the PhD's who are profs, at HARVARD for heaven's
>> sake, are wrong and this Lawrence fellow has the straight skinny? Kind
>> of anti-education, don't you think?
>
> I doubt there is any PhD in the world that believes every other PhD in
> the world is correct. There are plenty of plainly stupid folks with
> PhDs. There are even more intelligent folks with PhDs who have formed
> one or two incorrect conclusions.
>
> PhDs do not come with loyalty oaths or promises not to criticize (or
> share others' criticisms of) fellow PhD holders.
There are many PhD's who are morons, me included*. Their credentials are
meaningless to me. So should be mine to yours. I could have chosen a route
in industry 3 years ago when I graduated, rather than apply for a PhD in
Cambridge and Manchester. What is a PhD anyway? It's like 3 years in
industry, but rather than get a good pay, you get a piece of paper for...
/something/. Society is trying to elevate certain people by appending or
prepending ACRONYMs to names. Even people who spend a few years in dental
school or rubbing people's backs are finally named "doctor". Does that mean
that their opinions should be magnified? For what it's worth, the author of
the rebuttal is a fairly admired person who understands computing. All that
Harvard 'businessfolks' know are figures, models, and people. But computers
are made up from different ingredients. How convenient it is to make cheese
out of mutton.
*Heck, this includes senior professors whom I have come across, but I will
not name names.
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