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Chapter 510: Number of Doctors

But Liu Xiu was not surprised. After all, the Wandering Blue Star now had a population of nearly 20 billion.

What’s more crucial is that these 20 billion people have an average life expectancy of 300 years.

So there are really many talented people among the humans wandering on the blue planet now.

After Liu Xiu solved the most basic living problems, more and more people who like and love research devoted themselves to the great cause of taking doctoral examinations.

Apart from anything else, the number of people who have obtained a doctoral degree alone is close to 600 million.

Such a huge number means that the proportion of people with doctoral degrees on Wandering Blue Planet has exceeded 3% of the total population.

Such a proportion of the population with PhDs is unprecedented. You should know that before Liu Xiu traveled through time, the proportion of PhDs in the population of Blue Star was very low.

The doctorate is now the highest degree in higher education on Wandering Blue Star. In fact, this title has existed as early as the Warring States Period. According to the "Book of Han: Table of Officials and Ministers", "Doctorate is a Qin official who is in charge of ancient and modern knowledge."

Because of the nature of their work and their responsibilities, the doctors at that time were very knowledgeable. For example, Fu Sheng, a doctor in the Qin Dynasty, was very knowledgeable, especially in the Book of Documents. During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, he was still able to recite the book when he was over 90 years old.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, the "Doctor of the Five Classics" was established, who was responsible for the research, explanation and teaching of the Five Classics of Confucianism; in the Tang Dynasty, there were doctors of the Imperial College and the Four Gates, who were responsible for teaching academics and were cultural official positions; in the Song Dynasty, the official position of the Imperial College was the fifth rank; in the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were also "Doctor of the Imperial College", but the official position was not high. The Western Jin Dynasty established the "Doctor of Law", the Northern Wei Dynasty added the "Doctor of Medicine", and the Tang Dynasty added the "Doctor of Mathematics" and "Doctor of Calligraphy". This kind of "doctor", apart from the meaning of official position, is very close to the professor in the modern sense.

Nowadays, in contemporary society, doctorate is a degree title, which indicates that a person has the ability or academic qualifications to produce original theoretical results. It is the highest level degree.

Possessing a doctoral degree or its equivalent means that a person has the ability to move from the learning stage to the academic stage and has the ability to produce original theoretical results.

A PhD is a leading figure in a country's scientific research and a symbol of a country's scientific research capabilities. Therefore, before Liu Xiu traveled through time, to see whether a country's overall strength was strong, one only had to look at how many PhDs this country had.

Of course, in the world before Liu Xiu traveled through time, the Mi Guo family still had the largest number of PhDs, with more than 3.43 million people holding PhDs, and 70,000 new PhDs added every year. The population of the United States is only 337 million, and the proportion of PhDs accounts for 1.04%.

The second generation is Zhong Zhong, with more than 900,000 people. Of course, there are about 70,000 new doctoral degrees each year, but the population of Zhong Zhong is more than 1.4 billion, so the proportion of doctoral students is only 0.06%.

Germany ranks third in terms of the number of PhD holders, with more than 660,000 people, and approximately 28,000 new doctoral degrees are awarded each year. Germany has a population of 83 million, and because of its small population, the proportion of PhDs is 0.8%.

Fourth place is the Japanese, who rose rapidly after World War II with the help of the United States. They have more than 650,000 people with doctoral degrees, and about 16,000 new doctoral degrees are added every year. The population of Japan is not large, only 125 million, and the proportion of doctors is 0.52%.

Then the fifth country in terms of the number of people with doctoral degrees is China, which has 520,000 people with doctoral degrees and about 25,000 new doctoral degrees each year. The population of China is only 67 million, and the number of people with doctoral degrees accounts for 7.8%.

Next is the sixth-ranked Du, with 330,000 people with doctoral degrees, and about 24,000 new doctoral degrees are added each year. However, the population of Du is 1.4 billion, so the proportion of people with doctoral degrees is only a pitiful 0.024%. The seventh-ranked country is Developed Countries, with 320,000 people with doctoral degrees, and about 14,000 new doctoral degrees are added each year. The population of Developed Countries is 66 million, so the proportion of people with doctoral degrees is also as high as 0.49%.

Ranked eighth is Hanzhong, which has a population of 280,000 PhDs and approximately 13,000 new PhDs each year. The population of Hanzhong is 58 million, so the proportion of PhDs reaches 0.48%.

Ninth place is Baxi, with 270,000 people. The population of Baxi is 214 million, and the proportion of PhDs is 0.12.

The tenth place on the list is Daxiong, with a population of 250,000 and approximately 36,000 new doctoral degrees each year. Daxiong has a population of 144 million, and the proportion of doctoral students is 0.17%.

Of course, only these countries have truly talented PhDs. As for the PhDs in other countries, forget it. For example, some countries under the tribal system in the Philippines do not even have a decent university, let alone a PhD. Therefore, how can they produce a PhD?

Therefore, on the Blue Star before Liu Xiu traveled through time, the population of people with PhDs was about 8 million. However, before Liu Xiu traveled through time, the entire Blue Star already had a population of more than 8 billion. Therefore, for the entire Blue Star, the proportion of people with PhDs was only 0.1%.

It is precisely because Mi Guo’s doctoral degree far exceeds that of other Guo families that Mi Guo has been able to dominate Blue Star for decades.

Of course, if Liu Xiu did not have the system plug-in, the development of the world of Wandering Blue Star might have been the same as the original history, so scientific and technological talents are the cornerstone of everything.

Moreover, the significance of a doctorate is that it represents a person's ability or academic qualifications to produce original theoretical results in a specific field. It is the highest level of degree, indicating that a person has the ability to enter the academic stage from the learning stage. Having a doctorate or a doctorate equivalent means that a person has the ability to conduct in-depth and systematic research and explore and innovate in a specific field. The core connotation of a doctorate is the ability or academic ability to produce original theoretical results, which is the most essential characteristic of a person with a doctorate.

It is precisely because the doctor has the ability to be original that when Liu Xiu ordered the research on nano-level robots, he was able to produce such a primitive micron-level robot so quickly.

Although it is still very different from Iron Man’s nano-level battle suit, it is also a groundbreaking innovation, especially the electromagnetic force control solution, which is really a very interesting innovation.

Liu Xiu was not polite to the person in charge:

"This micron-sized robot is pretty good. It allowed me to see what it would be like if a nanorobot succeeded. So please test this micron robot for me first! Let me see if there are any flaws!"

The person in charge was naturally very happy about Liu Xiu's request. After all, Liu Xiu nodded in affirmation, which naturally meant that Liu Xiu would pay more attention to this aspect in the future.

And Liu Xiu's attention naturally means more research funds and more support.

By then, more talents can be seconded. With a large number of talents and funds, the person in charge will have the confidence to develop nanorobots.

(End of this chapter)