this post was submitted on 01 Jan 2026
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Dumb people manage to get PhDs.
An academic degree is not a good measure of intelligence
I can tell with confidence that it will be very hard for a dumb person to get a PhD in physics or maths from a reputable university, if not impossible. Can't speak for other branches that I have no experince of or the totality of PhD level education. But if you really insist, we can also condition on things like not cheating, their parents not being a major donor etc etc.
Can confirm. I know a far-right PhD
Intelligence can be cruel.
That's literally the entire point of the comment. It's a meaningless but intelligent sounding term.
Dr Mike Israetel comes to mind. Though as I understand he found a way to cheat the system