PhD huh? Sounds like he’s got some work to do. Like a lot of “docs”, he’s not as bright as he thinks. I’ve known quite a few and they, for the most part, were pretty useless. Not in my foxhole thank you very much.
Yes, this was how it was explained to me, as I remember on a particular occasion, after I was hired as a Ph.D. in 1979. I related a few years ago on this forum, when asked about my FR tag, how I was regaled with stories of Ph.D. new hires sitting all day and shooting rubber bands into the waste basket, and how I was given this appellation by a coworker in the spirit of gentle ( as I choose to believe ) ribbing. All in all, I made out OK. No complaints.