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Zero Gravity: The Lighter Side of Science

April 1, 1998

Why God never received a PhD

  • She had only one major publication.

  • It was in Hebrew.

  • It had no references.

  • It wasn't published in a refereed journal.

  • Some even doubt he wrote it by himself.

  • It may be true that she created the world, but what has she done since then?

  • His cooperative efforts have been quite limited.

  • The scientific community has had a hard time replicating her results.

  • He never applied to the ethics board for permission to use human subjects.

  • When one experiment went awry she tried to cover it by drowning her subjects.

  • When subjects didn't behave as predicted, he deleted them from the sample.

  • She rarely came to class, just told students to read the book.

  • Some say he had his son teach the class.

  • She expelled her first two students for learning.

  • Although there were only 10 requirements, most of his students failed his tests.

  • Her office hours were infrequent and usually held on a mountain top.

  • No record of working well with colleagues.

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