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Originally Posted by jimmycooper
Absolutely, butin this case, spreading disinformation is an ineffective strategy.
Liberal arts majors at Brown reap the benefits of their school being in the same athletic conference as Harvard, Princeton, and Yale (and that's all the Ivy League really is - an athletic conference), so someone who obtains a PHD from a highly regarded program at a top tier public school, can reap the benefits of people acknowledging that their having received an education that it is at or above the level of education received by a Brown liberal arts major.
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Given that people in this thread are discussing gaming the system, how can you not see the benefit of giving the public inaccurate information on how to game the system?
If you are trying to say that people with PhDs who work at Google are probably awesome at what they do, I agree. Why do you have such a hard-on for Brown? I've personally met more UNC grads than Brown grads, so the sampling is not even, but, truthfully, everyone I ever met who went to Brown was extremely sharp and I can't say the same for all UNC folks. But, again, like I said, that doesn't mean that a school like UNC doesn't graduate some fine students. It does mean that the school name alone is not all that indicative.
Wouldn't most people expect that someone with a PhD has a more advanced level of education than someone with a BA? Regardless of where they got it. Practically a tautology.