我刚到哥伦比亚大学念研究生那会儿,物理系七楼走廊的墙上贴着一篇有趣的短文,标题是:Why God doesn't have a Ph.D.?(上帝为什么没有博士学位?)内容如下,与茶友们分享一下:
Why God doesn't have a Ph.D.
1) He had only one major publication.
2) It was in Hebrew.
3) It had no references.
4) It wasn't published in a referreed journal.
5) Some even doubt he wrote it by himself.
6) It may be true that he created the world, but what has he done since then?
7) His cooperative efforts have been quite limited.
8) The scientific community has had a hard time replicating his results.
9) He never applied to the ethics board for permission to use human subjects.
10) When one experiment went awry he tried to cover it up by drowning his
subjects.
11) When subjects didn't behave as predicted, he deleted them from the sample.
12) Some say he had his son teach the class.
13) He expelled his first two students for learning.
14) He rarely came to class, and he just told students to read the book.
15) Although there were only 10 requirements, most of his students failed his
tests.
16) His office hours were infrequent and usually held on a mountaintop.