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I could have told people "I know that I know nothing" too (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 months ago by [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 1 point 3 months ago* (1 child)

1% of the global population with PhDs is a choice.

If we just counted phds that becomes 800 million people

Ouch. And to follow that up with "intelligence is often underestimated by cynics imo". Simply brutal. I hate to be the one to break this too you, but having a PhD doesn't necessarily mean a person is smart. Even if it did, that 1% is sort of entirely making my above point about society.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago*

    Considering that alone suggests a rate 10 times higher than they suggested yeah.

    But also don't assume education is equally distributed. Wealthy nations have higher percentages of the population with PhDs. Also let's not forget the economic factors. Many fields you at most need a masters degree for job reasons. There are a lot of capable people that stopped there to get a job

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