Common sense is better than PhD

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Paa 9 years ago

Perhaps it's Prof. Aryeetey's PhD that endow him with the "common sense" of self-criticism, which, judging from your own writing, is not common at all!

Perhaps it's Prof. Aryeetey's PhD that endow him with the "common sense" of self-criticism, which, judging from your own writing, is not common at all!
Dramani Yakubu Clifford 9 years ago

I wish to commend you for the article you posted on the above subject.My brother common sense really they say isent common,for how long shall we learn to be confident in what we think and do than rely on other peoples achieve ...
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I wish to commend you for the article you posted on the above subject.My brother common sense really they say isent common,for how long shall we learn to be confident in what we think and do than rely on other peoples achievements.My heart often bleeds when i come in contact with people of a certain status who have never come across the word change.Believe in yourself and posterity will judge everyone at the end.I have seen someone with a post graduate degree who ended up collecting fees at a public place of convenience till he passed on.Please stay focus and GOD be with you.
Dardom 9 years ago

I salute u Bruv!

I salute u Bruv!
ChrisC 9 years ago

Idiot loser, walking is better than makings car to take you round faster. Next time when you are sick do not go to hospital, odwan.

Idiot loser, walking is better than makings car to take you round faster. Next time when you are sick do not go to hospital, odwan.
Kwabena Yeboah 9 years ago

Not all phds are equal, and this is a fact. Education generally prepares you to acquire cognition, that is, the process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses (common sense is one ...
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Not all phds are equal, and this is a fact. Education generally prepares you to acquire cognition, that is, the process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses (common sense is one of the senses),

The pinnacle of education is attaining the phd, and if that is the case, then the process of cognition must take place after attaining the phd otherwise it would be an exercise in futility. I know few people who spent between six to ten years in phd programs instead of four, yet they all come out as educated people. Not that anything is wrong with that, but how would you feel if you were told your doctor was last in his/her class. Would that prevent you from seeing him/her?

Prof. Ayitey's comment is rather unfortunate and ostensibly an aberration to him as a phd and an educator as well, because education is the process of acquiring cognition, and cognition includes common sense - you can't separate common sense from education, and if phd. is the pinnacle of education, and phds are bereft of common sense the Prof. Ayitey, an educator, should take the blame.
Yaw Taah 9 years ago

Shame

Shame
Osofo 9 years ago

Common sense is a trait that not every has. PhD on the other hand is a hard earned degree that only a few people can achieve. So why are you comparing apples and oranges? I'll take a PhD any day because common sense is not le ...
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Common sense is a trait that not every has. PhD on the other hand is a hard earned degree that only a few people can achieve. So why are you comparing apples and oranges? I'll take a PhD any day because common sense is not learned at school
Pee 9 years ago

As far as am concerned none of the people who invented great things that changed the world had Ph.D. They are.. Alexander Fleming, Graham Bell, Logie Baird, Nicola Tesla, Thomas Edison,William Murdoch/Francis Trevithick,The W ...
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As far as am concerned none of the people who invented great things that changed the world had Ph.D. They are.. Alexander Fleming, Graham Bell, Logie Baird, Nicola Tesla, Thomas Edison,William Murdoch/Francis Trevithick,The Wright Brothers, Bill Gates and our own Bright Simmons. What is the point of Okoampa Ahoofe writing a million word thesis on "Atunpam" talking drum and being awarded a Ph.D? No wonder he is devoid of plain common sense.
DR. SAS, ATTORNEY AT LAW 9 years ago

The two are not mutually exclusive; so there is no reason why one cannot possess a Ph.D and also have commonsense.

I am suspicious of people who declare things they do not have as unimportant. To qualify as a sincere criti ...
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The two are not mutually exclusive; so there is no reason why one cannot possess a Ph.D and also have commonsense.

I am suspicious of people who declare things they do not have as unimportant. To qualify as a sincere critic of an accolade, one must first possess the accolade, and thereafter, pronounce on its value.

How can one know the value of anything he has never acquired or possessed?
Nii Teiko 9 years ago

PhD is not Common to all those who sometimes exhibit Common Sense. Common Sense is basically defined as "good sense and sound judgment in practical matters"". Whoever has his brains intact has the right to tap into it and ma ...
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PhD is not Common to all those who sometimes exhibit Common Sense. Common Sense is basically defined as "good sense and sound judgment in practical matters"". Whoever has his brains intact has the right to tap into it and make good use of it for the purposes of sound and good judgement. That is the more reason why some practical buffoons on this forum can sometimes make good observations and sound judgements. In a sense, and to paraphrase the law of Zimmerman, one can say that " common sense [ are] not, [they] become".
On the other hand I disagree with all those who would want to choose Common Sense over PhD, a feet which takes a lot of Common Sense to achieve.

There is a lot of pedigree, connections or commonalities between 'common sense' and acquiring knowledge through higher formal education. People without formal education but seem to exhibit lots of Common Sense usually broadened their horizon when they acquired some sort of formal education.Common sense is the lesser to a Phd. I don't need to prove this to any one since it takes Common Sense to know that. This means that there is a limit as to how one apply common sense. What, say Dr. SAS, a brilliant lawyer distortion of laws, see as brilliant will be seen as stupid by, say , propagandist Koku Anyidoho or Kofi Adams. There is a cap or limit for these two NDC fellow, as far as the application of common sense is concerned.

Every PhD holder is trained to be a critical thinker. Common and Critical are the two key words to look into if one want to wade into this very arguement in contention. Not Everybody with Common sense can acquire a PhD. It can also be stated here that not everybody can be a critical thinker. Respect PhD if you cannot get it.
That is my 2-cents.

Nii Teiko 9 years ago

Dr. SAS, brilliant layer and doctor of laws. The distortion was chosen for me by my phone.

Dr. SAS, brilliant layer and doctor of laws. The distortion was chosen for me by my phone.
Salifu Ba 9 years ago

Is he as per your statements below?

"Every PhD holder is trained to be a critical thinker"

Is he as per your statements below?

"Every PhD holder is trained to be a critical thinker"
Salifu Ba 9 years ago

Is he as per your statements below?

"Every PhD holder is trained to be a critical thinker"

Is he as per your statements below?

"Every PhD holder is trained to be a critical thinker"
Paulo 9 years ago

That's good thinking.. Kudos to you Mr writer.

That's good thinking.. Kudos to you Mr writer.
Yaa 8 years ago

Interesting piece

Interesting piece

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