On Jul 11, 2006, at 10:50 PM, Mister E wrote: <snip>
contemporary risk minimalization analytics (real or perceived).
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In other words, hiring PhD's is less risky because they've already proven that they're the prize winning bulls of the herd. If you're in the business of impressing admirers of things bovine, of course it makes sense.
True genius is more risky because usually it takes a radical and non- conformist mode of thought to reveal new truths. It certainly doesn't exclude the aforementioned prize winners, but history has proven that only those that follow their own path achieve it.
Seriously though, I've known some very brilliant PhD's, people I admire and aspire to emulate. But I seriously doubt that any of them will make a great discovery, or even be extraordinarily creative. They're too well trained in the chase of dogma's tail, most will even admit it.
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