• Question: Why do a PHD?

    Asked by Jonah on 4 Apr 2025.
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      Christina Schoettler answered on 4 Apr 2025:

      A PhD teaches you how to approach research. How to plan answering a science question and work your way towards answering it.

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      Jayalini Assalaarachchi answered on 9 Apr 2025:

      A PhD is when you focus on a small part of something large. It is curiosity. You come across something and learns no one has figured out why or how it happens. At least that is how it is in the sciences. So, you do a PhD to figure it out and what you learn is then added to world’s knowledge. It is like fitting in the jigsaw puzzle piece (the PhD in this case) into that almost-completed jigsaw puzzle (the subject under study)! A PhD also helps if you want to progress in a science-related career.

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