[at-l] INTJ & What we have in common

[nealb at midlandstech.edu (William Neal)]

Know what many "smart" Ph.D.s say Ph.D. means?

Piled Higher and Deeper.  And you can guess what they are piling.

William, The Turtle

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Bullard [mailto:jbullar1@twcny.rr.com]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 8:41 AM
To: AT List
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [at-l] INTJ & What we have in common


From: "Bob C." <ellen@clinic.net>

> >"... Really smart people suck sometimes too..."
>
> I've had a lot of experience with smart people. One in six of my clan
qualify.
> (Not me, luckily)
>
>  Our tiny town once appointed a committee to make changes to town
government.
> The chair was a recently retired professor of mathematics from a
distinguished
> university. A brilliant man. So brilliant he didn't feel it necessary to
learn
> anything about town government before making his recommendations. He
succeeded
> in messing up the town for years.

A quote from one of the most truly intelligent PhDs I ever met: "Getting a
PhD only means you know more and
more about less and less." Her observation explains all the flaky PhDs I've
known.

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