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I don’t think it’s admirable or not admirable. I just don’t have a problem with it that some posters seem to. </p>
<p>Maybe because I got a PhD at 52 which some posters here would definitely say that I should not have been permitted to pursue when I matriculated at 46, since my motivation was one of meeting a challenge rather than advancing a career or contributing to the field. Obviously some people in the world have a problem with that, but none have expressed it to me IRL, so it’s interesting to see what they might be thinking behind their smiles and congratulations ;).</p>