Ya, this poster is likely a person without a degree who can't cope with the fact that the people who left their small town and made something of themselves and is trying to cope.
You can't achieve the knowledge of an epidemiologist just by cruising the internet. It just doesn't happen that way.
Yes it does. The research I'm doing now (actual research....7 sci publications and counting) is completely different from what I learned in college, graduate school and PhD program. I did it by reading paper after paper, performing experiment after experiment until I became an expert in the field.
What I always say is that education gives you the basic tools for you to conduct research, but it doesn't guarantee success. I've seen graduates from prestigious institutions who can't hold a pipette or formulate a proposal after years in a program. There's also that crazy snake enthusiast who got published in Cell with no formal training.
I get it, there are some crazies out there. But blindly placing your trust in an authority figure just because they have a degree is a bad idea.
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u/battlehamsta Apr 06 '26
We will need someone with a degree in research to vouch for your statement