Originally Posted by McAero
Excuse my ignorance, but why have two PhD's?
Some people are just gluttons for punishment I think. Personally one was bad enough and I can't say I feel any desire to tempt fate by trying for a second.
On the other hand, a PhD is a very high level of recognition that you have made a new and original contribution to the sum of human knowledge in an area. One might, I suppose, want to have that level of recognition in several areas.
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