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And isn't PhD in "Cognitive Science" a pretentious way of a saying doctorate in Psychology?
It might be... iff I was doing a PhD in psychology.
The more I think about this project, the more it bothers me to think a statement of protest and rebellion is co-opted for the most harmless and traditional of past-times.
I'm interested that you construe such a past time as 'harmless and traditional' as though it were an essential property of creative endeavour. There's a lot of power in these old crafts, more than you might realize.