Professor's self-deprecating joke: only 7 people understand my PhD topic, 4 think I'm an idiot
prof_kamilov · x · 2026-10-20
A university professor jokes that after a PhD made him an expert on a niche topic, only 7 people worldwide understand it — and four of them think he's an idiot. Academic humor.
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