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PhD ain't no MD (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hey we philosophy majors make a lot more money than other humanities disciplines on average.

...because so many of us become lawyers.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've always wondered why.

Is it because you guys are really comfortable going over the minute details in anything written and finding everything that supports one thing or flaws an argument?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Used to reading a lot of dry text in detail and retaining the information.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"I'm an expert in stuff most people find tedious"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Most people find most fields tedious on an expert level.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Same reason so many lawyers have History undergraduate degrees.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

That's it!