Actually, Jill Biden has an ED.D., not a Ph.D.
It is a degree designed for practitioners, not scholars.
I am sure there are a few thousand people out there who have an ED.D. and did a solid dissertation project that actually did help to solve some local problem, but Jill Biden is not one of these people.
I have a Ph.D., but it is not something I am proud of and I never corrected anyone who didn’t call me Dr.
But if I had a dime for each time someone said, “Well, CTH, you have a doctorate, so let me ask you this, you should know about X...” I’d be a millionaire.
It doesn’t work that way. I know what I don’t know. One thing you learn when going through doctoral study is that no one really knows anything.
Correct. My oversight.
“I know what I don’t know.”
I agree with this statement. Same for me. A rather accomplished Electrical/Computer engineer. There is so much wonderful knowledge out there we mere humans cannot conquer it and should have the humility to admit we cannot. Be thankful for what we can understand and use.
There is the sign of true brilliance and a healthy ego: I know what I don’t know.