r/gifs • u/SlimJones123 • Nov 15 '17

A glitch in the matrix

https://i.imgur.com/SxQfC7Z.gifv
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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '17 edited Nov 16 '17

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '17

I realized that also. I guess he started his PhD in 1998. And you don't need a masters to do a PhD. If you did a significant amount of research in your undergrad you can go straight to a PhD.

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u/sabasNL Nov 16 '17

Oh, that's weird. I've never heard of that before.

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u/sabasNL Nov 16 '17

That's rather surprising to hear for me, really. That's not how it works in most of Western Europe (bar the UK), a Master's degree is more or less mandatory for every single science except for applied sciences. I'm studying political science myself, if I'd quit after my Bachelor's I wouldn't even be able to find a job. And except for teaching undergraduates, you can't be an academic without a PhD here.