Author: martin fierz
Date: 12:57:32 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. master's = be able to understand what's going on in the field. PhD = be able to contribute something new to the field. being able to communicate one's findings certainly plays no part in this. it's nice if you can do it of course, but has nothing to do with the title. aloha martin
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