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by slices 595 days ago
a guy with a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering, who then worked for years at MIT, isn't an intellectual?
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MisterBastahrd 594 days ago
Having a PhD in a field doesn't make you an intellectual. It means you worked long enough to have a defensible dissertation. I know some absolute morons who have PhDs.
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selimthegrim 595 days ago
How involved was his daddy in getting that PhD?
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