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Anti-authoritarian, bleeding-heart Stirnerite,
. Banned in Sweden. SubGenius, Zhuangist, white-hat troll. Defrocked mathematician. Brain problems.
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“Lambda, but for graduate school”pic.twitter.com/5rbIwpJMCj
I dunno. If -- IF -- a PhD has any value at all beyond that of the much shorter master's degree, it's in the experience of thinking very hard about something specific for several years. Not sure that can be compressed.
You could probably provide it much more cheaply by sending people to luxury prisons where the only entertainment available is study materials in their chosen subject. And a supply of amphetamines would help. But I don't think it would go much faster.
Yes, there’s a process of personal transformation required, which inherently takes a few years. I wonder if one could do that while also part-time employed, e.g.? I dunno, maybe it’s just not feasible. It seems potentially valuable enough to be worth brainstorming about.
Starter-level actuaries are traditionally given 1/4 time at their jobs to study for exams (and expected to devote a lot more time outside work). It was concentrated misery but I learned more effectively in that environment than in grad school.
I was _so goddamned bored_ by the job that I started sneaking off to do more mathematics.
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