Proof of “It’s hard to pursuade a PhD”
September 27th, 2004
Axiom 1) PhD degree is hard to get
Axiom 2) If you can pursuade 5 PhD, you will have your PhD degree
Axiom 2a) In Axiom 2, the 5 PhD’s are supposed to be IID
Suppose it’s easy to pursuade a PhD, then it’s easy to pursuade 5 IID PhD, which is a contradiction to Axiom 1.
As a result, it’s hard to pursuade a PhD.