What do you think of those with PhD?

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Particularly those in non-stem fields. Just curious!

Sorry but that’s a bit ignorant! Medical drs get their Dr title as an honorary title only as many physicians in history did research too so were research doctorates. This is why surgeons are miss or mr, they didn’t research they were often barbers

Then you don’t know about academic qualifications then … which perhaps makes you ignorant, worse than cringe IMO

Depends on the subject. A PhD in media is vastly different to a PhD which is looking to cure cancer…..

So you’re a money minded person rather than research orientated academic … just indifferent outlooks on what makes people tick

Well, I would usually presume you have come from a fairly privileged background to be able to finance that much education.

Beyond that, I'm just impressed. I have ADHD and could never commit to 1 topic for multiple years 😂 Academically I know I would be capable of completing a PhD, but I absolutely do not possess the motivation and dedication for it.

My partner did one and it looked like a fucking slog imo.

I think your reading comprehension and critical thinking needs some work lovely.

You're inferring things from my post that simply weren't covered.

Nothing literally nothing

This.

What?! …. Do you comprehend academic qualifications?! Clearly not from your post 😵‍💫

To be honest this just shows your ignorance about academia.

What exactly do you believe I'm failing to comprehend?

A different pov and feeling about something is not the same as want of understanding.

We value the pursuit of knowledge

So would happily embark in a conversation. With someone and their phd research

if people didn’t do them our collective knowledge would stagnate

you have to present a theory for your phd, it has to show research in a field not just regurgitating

we know one who did their PhD in the reaction of crowds - it was fascinating - another on the psychology of panic during air travel incidents - these things are interesting to us, and they both went on to advise crowd control services and the air travel industry

what’s not to enjoy?

Also lots of specialised medical consultants actually get offended if you use Dr because it fails to reference their extra qualifications. It is a kind of mirror image hierarchy.

You are failing to comprehend that medical doctors are less qualified and are "borrowing" the term from "real" doctorates that recognise a higher level of specialism than a General Practitioner's.

Depends what they have it in.

I used to know someone who had a PHD in a botany related field.
She would have a Dr title, and she deserved it for going so far in her pursuit of knowledge and discovery.
Don't you have to pretty much discover something new as part of getting a PHD? Or make come up with a connection between parts of your subject.

Because you are making this up in your own head without understanding actual qualifications … what you ‘feel / think’ is ignorant, because you’re wrong, academically speaking … take it you’ve never actually been in higher education otherwise you’d be cringing at your ignorance on the subject

Well firstly, it's not only GP's that use the term Doctor, is it?

Secondly...uh, what? You think it's me that doesn't understand when you're conflating type and level of qualification? 🙈

A PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) is the highest academic degree, involving 3–7 years of independent, original research culminating in a thesis. It demonstrates expertise in a specialized field, often required for careers in academia, research, or specialized industry

I have a Ph.D. I finished in exactly 3 years which is quite unusual. I now do private tutoring of postgrads who are working on their masters or doctoral thesis. Success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration” goes the old saying by Thomas Edison.These kinds of degrees are mostly an administrative task which require dedication. self discipline and great organizational skills. You dont have to be a genius to achieve a Ph.D but you do need a particular mind set.

That is exactly right. You have to have made some original contribution which also has to be backed up or demonstrated. You can't just say something outlandish, but new, and leave it at that!

The difficulty of that is easy to underestimate. All degrees will require understanding and hard work, but the originality requirement does take rather more. Not every disciplined hard worker will have the right mindset or be capable of this, even some who have performed diligently and well at undergraduate level, as it does require an extra skill set.

Another way of looking at it is that undergraduate degrees are fundamentally for the candidate's benefit. They are primarily the ones acquiring knowledge but it is knowledge that is already well-understood by others in the field. A doctorate, by contrast, has to extend and contribute, so the benefit is to the field generally as well as to the candidate.

Oh silly old me!

That is missing the point.

The point is you said use of the term by anyone other than a medical doctor is cringe, yet it is medical doctors who are the ones able to use it without having actually reached an academic doctoral standard.

That just shows your ignorance to be honest.
It’s not difficult to comprehend that there are different types of Doctors.
Do you cringe when someone insists on being called Mrs? They’re just using that title because they got married. They literally signed a piece of paper.

A PhD involves years of work and the contribution of new knowledge to a particular subject. It’s a huge achievement.

It just means nothing now.

It was something impressive up until about 2015

I would think they are very clever, and quite single minded.
I'd also think they were probably male, or didn't have children when they were doing it!

What on earth happened in 2015?