supersquirrelWorkers who fall for ‘corporate bullshit’ may be worse at their jobs, study finds
Littrell noted the workers who participated in the study all came from highly educated backgrounds in HR, accounting, marketing and finance, had bachelor’s degrees and even PhDs, which shows the findings go beyond simply assessing the intelligence of the study participants.
Actually, I’m not convinced that we’ve managed to eliminate that hypothesis. The only group that gives me pause is accounting.
Lvxferre [he/him]Additionally: it confuses intelligence with learning. Having a PhD is a sign of the later, not of the former.
A PhD is when you know everything about one specific rock on the beach, is how I put it. You know exactly where it is, all of its properties, and can go to it any time. Outside of that one rock, maybe a slightly above-average person, but nothing special.
Yup, pretty much. Someone who learnt all the bits and bobs of that rock; but that doesn’t mean the person has strong cognitive capabilities, not even to solve tasks related to that rock.
LizGenerally speaking a PhD requires producing original research. Which ass-tier PhDs are you referencing that only require learning?
No it doesn’t. You are confusing the ideal of a PhD with the reality.
Most PhDs are doing bland derivative safe stuff, to get their degree and get a job. Very few are doing anything legitimately original. And most of them won’t get a job in their field anyway. We have way too many PhDs because they are the cheap labor for teaching in the university systems.
Most of my cohort in grad school did not belong there, at a mid-level state school. Yeah, at elite schools you will be doing original research for sure, at most low/mid level programs (and there are a lot) most PhDs are just people with good grades killing time tying to figure out what they want out of life, and a PhD is a good way to do that for 5-10 years.
Mmm you know that’s I good point, I never even considered looking at mid or low tier programs when I was school shopping. Your point reminds me of Mike Israetel’s embarrassing doctorate that he likes to use as a kudgle. I could have done his dissertation without the typos and I am educated in a completely different field.
There are also a growing number of PhDs where you are paying for the degree rather than being funded. They are jokes. A lot of dumb people see PhD as a vanity thing.