incredible triumph of propaganda over evidence that many now believe a hum/socsci phd is unrigorous "woke slop" rather than (at least in the US) needing to pass multiple language exams, know 200 books for each of mulitple fields, then often field research + write basically a book
It’s clear that many people have no idea how much one getting a PhD in the humanities in the US is expected to learn before the dissertation proposal. I remember how impressed my family was that I had to learn three languages, and it was the most basic, preliminary requirement.