<p>A Ph.D in Physics or an M.D.?</p>
<p>M.D for sure</p>
<p>They’re both on the god-tier when it comes to academia.</p>
<p>Be as respectable as Stephen Hawking with a Ph.D</p>
<p>Both at the same time</p>
<p>a double major from your local community college. Wins every time.</p>
<p>PhD in physics. That **** is rough.</p>
<p>And getting your M.D isn’t rough?
I wonder if you should also consider the difficulty of the job(s) that follow.</p>
<p>In any case, it all depends on the person.</p>
<p>No, physics in general is rough. Take it to the PhD level and I’d be surprised you didn’t go insane in the process.</p>
<p>I’m not saying physics isn’t rough, just saying getting your M.D. is at least just as rough.</p>
<p>My Dad has a PhD in physics. Just thought I’d share.</p>
<p>I would argue otherwise.</p>
<p>Not disrespecting an M.D. - at that level, any degree is very respectable. But in my opinion getting a PhD in physics would just be more difficult.</p>
<p>^^Wow, good for him.
^And that’s your opinion, which is totally ok. Hell, I’m not especially good at either medicine or physics, so both would be extremely tough for me :P</p>
<p>I agree with you completely. Just look at the number of Medical Doctors vs. People with a PhD in Physics.</p>
<p>^Just because more people have the degree doesn’t make it easier, it just means more people want to do it. Honestly, doctors are more important than physicists in a society (when you get down to basic needs).</p>
<p>That is true. I still think a PhD in Physics is more impressive.</p>
<p>Again, it’s a matter of opinion.</p>
<p>PhD in physics since it requires much higher intelligence.</p>
<p>My dad has a PhD in physics too 
twinz</p>
<p>Stephen Hawking is the world’s biggest dbag, don’t get a PhD just to spite him.</p>
<p>Depends on the concentration. A Ph.D who does research in some obscure aspect of quantum mechanics would be (to me) more respectable, since it’s quite probable that he or she has already completely lost it.</p>
<p>“A Ph.D in physics! Amazing, what do you do?”
"… Eh, I’m not quite sure. "</p>