German minister denies plagiarism on PhD thesis

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A PhD is not worth much anymore. That should not minimise those writing their dissertation with honest effort currently, but it is a simple truth. You can buy the title, you can paste and copy other author's work, you can can hire ghostwriters, and the inflationary presence of PhD titles in certain circles of power and influence is more than just smelling suspicious. Plus that the methodological standards in different achademic branches vary widely regarding what methodological competence must be shown in order to succeed with your PhD - in some branches, like medicine, it is a bad joke.

Guttenberg knows how to sell himself to the public, but he is just another poltiicians, and his top priority his himself. Whenever he is in danger of getting into troubled waters, he starts kicking other people and in a very haughty manner, and this has become a pattern with him from the very beginning of his days as defence minister.

So now he even has lost his claim to be honest and "playing by the rules". In other words, the noble man has lost his honour - and he still plays the media game from a high horse. Why the majority of Germans still support this blender just because he sells himself so well to the media, is beyond me. Once again I think people want to be deceived.

He is just another politician. He's just another blender .