Committees Do Harm Merely By Existing.

The Average Student Emerges At The End Of The Ph.d. Program, Already Middle-aged, Overspecialized, Poorly Prepared For The World Outside, And Almost Unemployable Except In A Narrow Area Of Specialization. Large Numbers Of Students For Whom The Program Is Inappropriate Are Trapped In It, Because The Ph.d. Has Become A Union Card Required For Entry Into The Scientific Job Market.

If You Don't Have A Nasty Obituary You Probably Didn't Matter.

So Long As You Have Courage And A Sense Of Humor, It Is Never Too Late To Start Life Afresh.

The Phd System Is The Real Root Of The Evil Of Academic Snobbery. People Who Have Phds Consider Themselves A Priesthood, And Inventors Generally Don't Have Phds.

As Finite Creatures Who Think And Feel, We Can Create Islands Of Meaning In The Sea Of Information.