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I know actually nothing about this guy and refused to watch the rest of the video when I saw this.

http://xhslink.com/a/kQ07WnTb8ar5

This makes me wonder, what is the most useless worthless PhD you can think of?

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[–] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 20 points 2 days ago

what is the most useless worthless PhD you can think of?

Maybe this PhD position in NFTs?

I think a useful PhD thesis should lead to a meaningful advancement in a field, and ideally it would lead to further opportunities.

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 16 points 2 days ago

I have a PhD in pedantry very-smart

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have a PhD in PPB

The hardest part was writing my pissertation

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago

Extremely valuable tbh

[–] HelluvaBottomCarter@hexbear.net 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And I suppose you want to lecture me about rhetoric?

"yes"

Sorry nerd, that was a rhetorical question. Phd and you can't even tell the difference.

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago

Smdh what has the American University system come to

[–] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago

"Hi, Yes, I have a doctorate in talking."

I replied to that video that my favorite fallacy was the fallacy fallacy, the assumption that just because someone was using a logical fallacy means they are wrong, which of course, is wrong.

[–] REgon@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Rhetoric is just linguistics for people who dont wanna say they study linguistics and they get mad when you say this

[–] ChestRockwell@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was going to defend rhetoric PhD programs, since a lot are actually about rhetoric and composition, and there's a lot of pedagogical theory and practice that they research.

This guy seems pretty cut rate tho, and his CV shows him as like a principal or something and getting his PhD feels like it was just probably a credential for salary.

[–] REgon@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago

Oh yeah I'm a big believer in the humanities, I just like bullying my friends who insist they're not a branch of linguistics or semiotics or what have you (as if that's a bad thing)

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

kitty-birthday-sad I wish my dad paid for a PhD in rhetoric. Those must be some easy classes.

[–] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

I learned rhetoric on the streets.

[–] archomrade@midwest.social 4 points 2 days ago

Why am I surprised that is a real degree?

[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

I thought this was Actor Ray Wise lol