30 Jun
2000
30 Jun
'00
7:42 p.m.
At 05:38 PM 6/30/00 -0700, you wrote:
The principle problem with Ph.D.s is that their
knowledge base tends to
be as narrow as any other new grads; the only distinction being that they
have significantly more depth in one very specific area. Worse, during
the past four years that they've been focused on that area they've
typically been in the "simplifying assumptions" world that's so prevalent
in academia;
That's funny; I got my PhD out of showing other engineers
and economists that the "simplifying assumptions" that they
make when designing deregulated electric power markets _in the
real world_ are, well, too simplistic. Electrons cannot be
bribed to obey economics rather than Kirchhoff, period.
Yet, that seems to be a hard point to sell to politicians
and economists.
--
Chris Kennedy
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http://www.mainecoon.com
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