i’d say: you don’t have a phd, therfore you’re not qualified to judge whether or not yudkowsky should have a phd.
How does getting a Ph. D. (even in a related field) give one the qualification to judge?
it doesn’t, it’s a jocular reductio ad absurdum based on the irrationality of the underlying premise. 9_9 and what field are we talking here, education? phdology?
If we’re commenting on the same article, a Ph. D. in (in decreaing order of relevance) AI, Machine Learning, CS, or mathematics...
naw, i’m talking about what field qualifies you to judge how much not having a phd disqualifies you from judging statements on that subject.
i’d say: you don’t have a phd, therfore you’re not qualified to judge whether or not yudkowsky should have a phd.
How does getting a Ph. D. (even in a related field) give one the qualification to judge?
it doesn’t, it’s a jocular reductio ad absurdum based on the irrationality of the underlying premise. 9_9 and what field are we talking here, education? phdology?
If we’re commenting on the same article, a Ph. D. in (in decreaing order of relevance) AI, Machine Learning, CS, or mathematics...
naw, i’m talking about what field qualifies you to judge how much not having a phd disqualifies you from judging statements on that subject.