wedrifid comments on Negative and Positive Selection - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 07 July 2012 10:07:07PM 0 points [-]

EDIT: I'm working largely on the observation that getting a PhD in any field is really very easy. The major barrier seems to be interest.

I'd contradict that. The entry requirements and task is utterly trivial and the intellectual and academic challenge isn't much of a big deal for anyone with average (or perhaps slightly above average) IQ but the motivational aspect is ridiculous.

Comment author: [deleted] 07 July 2012 11:59:49PM 0 points [-]

The entry requirements and task is utterly trivial and the intellectual and academic challenge isn't much of a big deal for anyone with average (or perhaps slightly above average) IQ but the motivational aspect is ridiculous.

Isn't that what I said?

Comment author: handoflixue 11 July 2012 09:11:33PM 0 points [-]

No, you said it was "really very easy", which implies that the motivation aspect is trivial. Something can be difficult FROM a motivational standpoint.

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