Matt Might是美國猶他大學(The University of Utah)計算機學院的教授,每年秋天,他都要向新一批博士生解釋什麼是博士學位,用語言很難描述,所以他用了12張圖片來解釋:
Imagine a circle that contains all of human knowledge
第一步,想像一個包含了人類所有知識的圈
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By the time you finish elementary school, you know a little:
當你小學畢業的時候,你知道了一點
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By the time you finish high school, you know a bit more:
當你高中畢業的時候,你知道的多了一些
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With a bachelor's degree, you gain a specialty:
有了學士學位之後,你有了一項專業
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A master's degree deepens that specialty:
一個碩士學位深化了你的專業
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Reading research papers takes you to the edge of human knowledge:
閱讀研究論文能讓你觸碰到人類知識的邊緣
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Once you're at the boundary, you focus:
當你站在邊緣的時候,你專注於
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You push at the boundary for a few years:
你在邊緣專攻了一些年
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Until one day, the boundary gives way:
直到有一天,你在邊界取得了一點突破
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And, that dent you've made is called a Ph.D.:
而且,你所作出的突破被稱為博士學位
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Of course, the world looks different to you now:
當然,現在這個世界對你來說不一樣了
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So, don't forget the bigger picture:
哦,不要忘記看大圖
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