<p>is it entirely useless</p>
<p>say a scientist got's his bachelor's and his PH'D... and wants to pursue 5-6 M.S in different fields</p>
<p>would that be a waste of time... pursuing all this M.S.....</p>
<p>Yes, it would be a waste of time.</p>
<p>The point of a PhD is that it is a research degree. Earning a PhD does not merely educate one in a particular field, but educates one about how to educate oneself. If a scientist earns a PhD, then decides he wants to explore another field, he does not need to earn a degree in the new field, he can just start doing research in that field after doing the appropriate background reading.</p>
<p>Are you planning to pursue multiple M.S degrees just for self-development or for a career purpose. </p>
<p>It can be done and has been done before. Michael Nicholson a resident from Michigan has 1 bachelor’s degree, 2 associate’s degrees, 22 master’s, 3 specialist degrees, and 1 doctoral degree. </p>
<p>Google his name to read the full article.</p>
<p>Just because it has been done doesn’t mean it should be done. That’s not even self-development anymore - that’s just degree collecting. You can take occasional classes as a non-degree student for self-development.</p>
<p>I Googled Michael Nicholson, and he’s just collecting degrees - for him it’s about the number, not actually the learning. “I would like to get to 33 or 34 [degrees]. I’m almost there,” he said. "When I complete that, I’ll feel like I’ve completed my basic education…“Eventually, it became getting as many as I could,” he said. “There’s the excitement of graduation, but the overall objective was to get the degree.” Most of his degrees are education-related degrees - library science, school psychology and educational leadership. You don’t need multiple degrees to get a job in any one of those fields. He also has a degree in home economics, which won’t get you a job in anything.</p>
<p>Graduate school is, first and foremost, qualification for employment. You can get a lot of personal fulfillment from it, too, but there’s no point in spending thousands of dollars and 2-8 years of your life pursuing it if you aren’t going to get more than that out of it. I mean, unless living on near-poverty wages appeals to you.</p>
<p>Waste of time</p>
<p>Impressive…but where do you get the money to keep studying if you’re constantly in school?..</p>