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What does a PhD mean? (mander.xyz)
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[–] angrystego 7 points 1 year ago

That's not universally true. I know several people with PhD who have encyclopedic knowledge completely outside their specialisation. Some people are just super intelligent, talented and have enormous memory. The world is not fair.