In Finland, PhD's are awarded a sword as a symbol to defend what is right and true
5 years ago by soul123 · 1025 Likes · 7 comments · Popular
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metaanalysis
· 5 years ago
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In the US we are awarded crushing student debt and emotional scars.
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z
· 5 years ago
Source?
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xandri
· 5 years ago
They don't really get awarded one. It's just part of their graduation ceremony regalia, sort of like our cap and gown. They have to buy, rent, or borrow the hat and sword. https://www.oulu.fi/confermentceremony/the_hat_and_sword
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internet
· 5 years ago
and when you get your bachelor's you get a dagger
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guest
· 5 years ago
No offense, but all the phds i have seen in documentaries have only acquired the skill of talking a lot and saying nothing...
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unicycle
· 5 years ago
Academics do need to find ways to be more accessible to the general public. But there's a difference between explaining something complex in a roundabout way and saying nothing.
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metaanalysis
· 5 years ago
Seeing people talk about their work is different from actually seeing them at work, e.g. clinical psychologists have Ph.D.'s (though technically some have Psy.D's and some clinicians with Master's degrees have been grandfathered in).
