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[quote=Anonymous]No, don't do it, for so many reasons. I'm a tenured professor in the social sciences. It took me 7 years to get my PhD. That's not uncommon. People have mentioned many good reasons, but one I haven't seen is that it's not really ethical to take up a space for fun, when PhDs are trained to contribute to advancing their fields. It's rare that a dissertation does that, and really, if you don't have a TT job, which you're not likely to get, what's your motivation to keep working? Very few people would be intrinsically motivated to continue research on their own, and realistically, they may not have access to the resources they would need (lab, host institution, IRB panel, grants, etc.) in order to do their research. I'm all for being a lifelong learner. You don't need a PhD to do that. [/quote]
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