I downloaded @DrBiden's dissertation and took a quick look at it. While I did not read every word of it, I read enough of it to arrive to the following conclusions:
It is dreadfully weak in terms of a worthy contribution to human knowledge for several independent reasons. It
is nothing more than a case study of a particular institution using very basic surveys that otherwise do NOT demonstrate an underlying general phenomenon. It is VOID of any hypothesis testing & VOID of any statistical inferential testing. In other words, it is nothing more than
a tallying of descriptive stats that would cause me to FAIL students conducting a research project in my undergraduate classes. I can assure you that the rigor of my class projects be it the tackled phenomena &/or analytic sophistication is substantially higher than Dr. Biden's
dissertation. Again, this does not specifically address the nature of the @WSJ article but it certainly sheds light on the extraordinary differences in quality that arise in different disciplines, schools, & universities. All doctors are NOT created equal. Hope this helps.
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I'm no fan of the Biden family but @DrBiden was indeed disrespected by the reporter in question regarding her title. This should not be something that requires explaining in the 21st century but a lot of people seem confused. So here we go: The title of "doctor" is NOT
synonymous with being a physician. As a matter of fact, the title was first used by folks holding doctorates (e.g., doctors of the church and other academics) before eventually being used by medical doctors. The word comes from "docere" (to teach). The MD degree is considered
to be an undergraduate degree (even though it is a professional degree that is typically conferred after one obtains another bachelor's degree). For example, the MD degree in many other countries is the MBBS (BACHELOR of medicine). During the protocol of convocations, medical
EVERY single day for the past four years, I have watched innumerable academics engage in the most insulting characterizations of @realDonaldTrump. I never sought to "altruistically punish" them by reporting them. I never unfriended them. I never personally insulted them.
Similarly, over the past five years, I have watched countless academics fawn over @JustinTrudeau in hallucinatory ways. I never sought to "altruistically punish" them by reporting them. I never unfriended them. I never personally insulted them. I recognize that people in a free
society have a right to hold differing political opinions. They have the right to express disdain for political figures. They have a right to disagree with me. BUT this is not a courtesy shared by the great majority of academics who are willing to engage in the most vile
It is truly bewildering that a country such as the United States could have such a devastatingly archaic voting system that is rife for fraud, contestation, inaccuracies and uncertainties. This statement is veridical irrespective of who wins. It is a broken system that is
antithetical to a supposed enlightened democracy of the 21st century. We can land people on the moon but we can't create a counting system that is incontestable? We can map the human genome but we can't create a counting system that is unassailable? It's a disgrace.
In Canada, the campaigning season is restricted to a few weeks prior to an election. In the US, it lasts for years with billions of corrupt dollars swaying the needle in either directions. Everything about the voting in the US is wrong. It is soul-causing to all freedom lovers.
Advice to haters: Life is full of promise, opportunities, and magisterial wonder. Instead of spending your time wallowing in personal hate toward people whom you've never met, try to create something. Write a song. Write a book. Build a bridge. Build friendships. Cook a meal.
Educate your children. Make love to your partner. Uplift people. I'm not suggesting that you should not criticize people's ideas when these are in public sphere but seek to reduce your hate imprint. Those whom you hate typically don't care about your venom so you are wasting
your time. Life is about navigating through tradeoffs and opportunity costs. I criticize people's ideas all of the time so I understand the reflect to be critical. But there is little value in spending much of your time obsessing in misplaced hate. Have a great Sunday!
I'd like to ask you for a moment to temper your political partisanship and your personal animus toward Trump. If the current story involving Burisma along with the Chinese bought influence were different in one way: Replace @joebiden and Hunter Biden by @realDonaldTrump and
his son @DonaldJTrumpJr, would you in the least bit be bothered by the story? Would the MSM have been as silent as they currently are? My engagement truly stems from purist ideals. I'm Canadian. I don't care about the individual actors. I care about the integrity of the US
political system. I care about having the US serve as the bastion of freedom including being free of corruption. If you are a truly honest person, could you genuinely ignore the current unfolding scandal? Again, FORGET about Trump. Does the current story bother you in any way?