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ⰎⰅ ⰀⰍⰨⰒⰎⰫ@genmaicha@stereophonic.space (2026-08-15 14:09:10)
@scathach I see... and I guess it would be hard to convince a private benefactor to fund that, as an alternative
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Q.U.I.N.N.@icedquinn@blob.cat (2026-08-15 14:29:57)
@genmaicha @scathach engineers rarely get PhDs. they get masters. a PhD requires you to actually get approval from inside the system to do a novel research project, do it, and then get approved by a board seeking every reason to deny it. for engineers that basically means having to invent a sufficiently novel engineering principle, and most of those people master out and if they ever accomplish such a thing seek a patent.

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Q.U.I.N.N.@icedquinn@blob.cat (2026-08-15 14:31:00)
@genmaicha @scathach there are a lot of politicians with doctorates because some fields like sociology practically let anyone have one of the damn things. hard sciences are extraordinarily less likely to let you get away with the "1+1, but feminism" kind of shit the soft sciences are full of.