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[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I have never met a PhD student who didn't realise this before starting. You'd think someone who qualifies for grad school has better critical reasoning skills than this.

[–] pigup@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Like I tell everyone, PhD doesn't mean you are smart, it just means you can take more abuse and humiliation than most. This is the thorny path to become an expert.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Also intelligence isn't some all encompassing thing. Just because you are a good learner or have superb spatial thinking or whatever else doesn't mean you are good at planning for shit.

The classic view of intelligence completely misses how different people are, and how many different things intelligence could actually mean.

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