Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:30:18 08/20/02
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On August 20, 2002 at 15:22:10, Sune Fischer wrote: >On August 20, 2002 at 14:29:41, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: > > >>This is a thesis for a Masters Degree, _NOT_ a PhD. Do not forget that. >>In many areas, original contributions are not required to graduate (Business). >>Moreover, in many areas you do not even need a thesis, you can replace them with >>more courses. In other areas of hard sciences you need some novel contribution; >>however, standards in different countries are not the same at this level. At the >>PhD level, standards are a little bit closer. I do not think that lack of novel >>contribution is a reason for an attack (I haven't read it yet, but I think I >>will). > >I attacked it because it has a lack of depth and original input from the author, >the work is comprised of pasting it together and rephrasing it for the laymen. >To me that is not doing science, but if that gets you a Masters, then he should >get a masters for it. > >Clearly we perceive the word "masters" differently, I find it very unfortunate >and confusing that the word hasn't got the same weight all over. I see it differently. I have read literally thousands of papers from the net (I read at several hundred words per minute, and am an avid reader of technical stuff from all areas). I think it is the most valuable master's thesis I have ever read.
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