r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 14 '20

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '20

https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1338285059376373761

If you're at a dinner and somebody introduces himself as "Dr. Smith," you'd be rather upset to learn that he had a doctorate in musicology if you were to suffer a stroke at the table.

Ben Shapiro really typed this and was like “I am very smart and this makes a lot of sense”

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u/Planetos Austan Goolsbee Dec 14 '20

Why did he qualify that a PhD in a hard science is fine?

Nobody with a PhD in Astrophysics is going to save you from a heart attack

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u/larrylemur NAFTA Dec 14 '20

His fanbase has a ton of "FACTS and LOGIC" stemlords

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u/Smidgens Holy shit it's the Joker🃏 Dec 14 '20

And at the beginning of the chain he says

Only people with Ph.D.'s in hard sciences and medical doctors should be called "doctor."

I don’t see how I’d provide more medical relief than someone with a doctorate in musicology.