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Re:Was a PhD necessary to solve outstanding math problems? by quickthrower2 on Saturday July 11, 2020 @11:28AM (#23802847)
I think you would miss out on having a supervisor and peers to learn from. You’d need to replace that. Might be possible with IRC etc. but I don’t know.
Re:Was a PhD necessary to solve outstanding math problems? by sushshshsh on Saturday July 11, 2020 @11:35AM (#23802920)
Imagine learning from a supervisor, yikes. It is almost always the individual contributors who have to explain things to the supervisor, who might as well be a child at that point.
Re:Was a PhD necessary to solve outstanding math problems? by dmd on Saturday July 11, 2020 @11:40AM (#23802967)
I’m sorry your PhD supervisor was so terrible. I promise you that’s not universal. I typically learned more in any given ten minutes with mine than in a week with anyone else.