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Smug PhD gets put in her place
Posted on 11/6/23 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 11/6/23 at 2:08 pm
This was entertaining
LINK
Thats a direct link to the shorter video, the 12:00 video is in the comments if you want to watch the full thing.
A group of 6 strangers is asked to introduce themselves, then rank everyone in order of IQ - which they had taken an IQ test earlier.
This Ph.D. from South Carolina is smug and ranks the "I went to the military out of high school" guy last. He ends up being third and she is dead last.
It's a decent look a society. Society celebrates Ph.D's, Ivy Leaguers, etc. and we still think that they are exceptional. We crap on flyover state males that are smart but not academic.
I've told this story before, but when I was a senior at Mississippi State circa 1997, I had a professor that was one of the dumbest people I had ever encountered. She introduced me to the concept of a "Stupid Smart Person," which I have encountered in my career in K-12 and higher education repeatedly over the years.
At the time (22 years old), my worldview was shocked. How could someone who had a Ph.D., something I strived to achieve, be so completely moronic? I convinced myself it was a one-off and moved on. But over the years, I can think of several (mostly women) who had reached a terminal degree but I'm not sure they could actually do anything.
And they all had the same thing in common - smug, feminist, unmarried (or divorced). I refuse to respect them anymore. I have a friend who is an actual brain surgeon who demands we call him by his first name. There is a social work professor who has a doctorate from UL Monroe that screams at students that do not call her Dr.
LINK
Thats a direct link to the shorter video, the 12:00 video is in the comments if you want to watch the full thing.
A group of 6 strangers is asked to introduce themselves, then rank everyone in order of IQ - which they had taken an IQ test earlier.
This Ph.D. from South Carolina is smug and ranks the "I went to the military out of high school" guy last. He ends up being third and she is dead last.
It's a decent look a society. Society celebrates Ph.D's, Ivy Leaguers, etc. and we still think that they are exceptional. We crap on flyover state males that are smart but not academic.
I've told this story before, but when I was a senior at Mississippi State circa 1997, I had a professor that was one of the dumbest people I had ever encountered. She introduced me to the concept of a "Stupid Smart Person," which I have encountered in my career in K-12 and higher education repeatedly over the years.
At the time (22 years old), my worldview was shocked. How could someone who had a Ph.D., something I strived to achieve, be so completely moronic? I convinced myself it was a one-off and moved on. But over the years, I can think of several (mostly women) who had reached a terminal degree but I'm not sure they could actually do anything.
And they all had the same thing in common - smug, feminist, unmarried (or divorced). I refuse to respect them anymore. I have a friend who is an actual brain surgeon who demands we call him by his first name. There is a social work professor who has a doctorate from UL Monroe that screams at students that do not call her Dr.
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Posted on 11/6/23 at 2:10 pm to anc
This is old.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 2:11 pm to anc
I’m sure I would rate higher than a lot of people with a Masters or a PhD simply because I have the ability but didn’t have the need since my field only requires a Bachelor’s.
The most insufferable bitch I have EVER had as a teacher insisted on being called “Dr” despite having only completed her coursework and not her dissertation. And she took it out on all of us that she was having to teach a bunch of HS freshmen because that was the job open when she arrived. She didn’t last the year.
The most insufferable bitch I have EVER had as a teacher insisted on being called “Dr” despite having only completed her coursework and not her dissertation. And she took it out on all of us that she was having to teach a bunch of HS freshmen because that was the job open when she arrived. She didn’t last the year.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 2:16 pm to anc
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How could someone who had a Ph.D., something I strived to achieve, be so completely moronic?
What was her PhD in?
Posted on 11/6/23 at 2:18 pm to LordSaintly
Bitchology, apparently.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 2:18 pm to anc
My wife has a PhD and last night she couldn’t figure out what was wrong with the TV.
It was off.
It was off.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 2:31 pm to anc
Those are known as over educated idiots. We see those in engineering a lot. The engineers with the bachelors degrees and masters degrees actually know how to design a project. The over educated idiots have no clue how to manage a project. Their focus is so narrow and everything to them is an academic exercise with no understanding of cost or schedule. They don’t understand How to make assumptions based on prior experience or how actually build things. I’ve watched them spin their wheels. The generalists have a wider experience base.
My dad was a tool and die maker. The professors would bring him drawings of a reactor that They wanted him to build He would have to fix the sketch for them for to make the reactor actually work. He understood it better than they did. He had a high school diploma and four years in the US Army Air Force. He was very intelligent. The professors were educated. Not the same thing.
My dad was a tool and die maker. The professors would bring him drawings of a reactor that They wanted him to build He would have to fix the sketch for them for to make the reactor actually work. He understood it better than they did. He had a high school diploma and four years in the US Army Air Force. He was very intelligent. The professors were educated. Not the same thing.
This post was edited on 11/6/23 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 11/6/23 at 2:38 pm to teke184
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Bitchology, apparently.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 2:41 pm to Mo Jeaux
Might be, but the post is from yesterday.
I don't tiktok, so it's new to me.
I don't tiktok, so it's new to me.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 2:42 pm to anc
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This Ph.D. from South Carolina is smug and ranks the "I went to the military out of high school" guy last. He ends up being third and she is dead last.
And to top it off her IQ was only 112
This post was edited on 11/6/23 at 2:43 pm
Posted on 11/6/23 at 2:44 pm to anc
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How could someone who had a Ph.D., something I strived to achieve, be so completely moronic?
We romanticize intellect a bit too much sometimes. Someone with a PhD like hers (Cancer Biology, I think she said) has a very high level of knowledge about a fairly singular area. She might be able to recite possible genetic determinants for various forms of cancer from memory, but she likely has no clue what the air pressure should be in her tires. A great example of this is that Einstein had difficulty tying his shoes.
We often want to think of people with PhDs as being smart in a very general sense (ie: well and deeply versed on a whole host of topics, like the Professor from Gilligan's Island), but generally they aren't.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 2:45 pm to Mo Jeaux
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This is old.
Who cares? It’s more relevant today.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 2:45 pm to anc
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ranks the "I went to the military out of high school" guy last
shite tests are real.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 2:57 pm to Bard
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A great example of this is that Einstein had difficulty tying his shoes.
Best version of this I’ve heard is about Einstein taking a train and not being able to find it when the ticket taker came by, getting upset.
The ticket taker told him that he knew who he was and Einstein responded “No, I’m upset because that was telling me where I’m going.”
Being incredibly smart and being scatterbrained can go together.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 3:08 pm to anc
Educated idiots. I have hired... and fired quite a few over the years.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 3:08 pm to Bard
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Someone with a PhD like hers (Cancer Biology, I think she said) has a very high level of knowledge about a fairly singular area.
That’s what a PhD is. A high level of expertise on a very specific subject. No one gets a PhD in general studies.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 3:21 pm to anc
Academics are THE WORST!
Posted on 11/6/23 at 3:28 pm to anc
quote:In fairness, the work environment is different. Your MD friend is assuredly referred to as "Dr" at the hospital.
I have a friend who is an actual brain surgeon who demands we call him by his first name. There is a social work professor who has a doctorate from UL Monroe that screams at students that do not call her Dr.
Posted on 11/6/23 at 3:36 pm to anc
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There is a social work professor who has a doctorate from UL Monroe that screams at students that do not call her Dr.
Are you saying Dr. Jill isn't a REAL doctor?
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