A Humorous Take on the Reality of Reading PhD Theses
A viral social media post featuring a quote attributed to Prof. Edward Langford highlights the perceived lack of readership for academic PhD theses. The statement suggests that a doctoral thesis is a unique type of book that is rarely read in its entirety by anyone other than the author, the proofreader, and the examiner. This observation plays on common academic tropes regarding the exhaustive length and niche subject matter of doctoral research, sparking discussion about the actual reach and impact of academic writing in higher education.
Bruh, I haven't ever read my masters thesis from cover to cover tf are you talking about
While blaming women is always fun, the actual cause of phd slop is the fact that you *must* churn them out, and we have more phd holders than we actually need, the wells of subjects are running dry. Same with research papers, if you want grants or funding.
If it is any good it will get published.
Bold to assume the examiner reads it cover to cover
I think he overestimates the dedication of examiners. And possibly proofreaders. And, considering what happens on lower academic levels - possibly authors.
Since women started going to universities, PhDs are a playground for people who don't want to join the workforce. While a very limited number of PhDs out there are highly competent, the vast majority of them haven't produced a single useful research in their whole lives.
Not in Romania, only the author certainly read it, and I'm not talking about the guy who want the PhD.
Everyday in this age of stupid AI written books for even "stupider" writers, this quote ages more and more in a rampant poorly manner! There are books out there that were read by no one, not even the so called writer.
The is a programming language called COOL (Classroom Object-Oriented Language). It's simplified C++ with classes. It was created so that students learn how compilers work by building a compiler for it. That language has more compilers than programmes written with it.
None of them actually read it from start to finish