Few people complete a doctorate in this amount of time. (Maybe two years for courses... but then it's the dissertation that kills you.)

But I'm quibbling; call it six years. As you say you still have a large pile of cash. Assuming you're still alive when you're done; you're sure to incur the wrath of your non-rich graduate student colleagues as well as your non-rich professors (without whose approval you'll never wear that hood).

I don't want a PhD. Every subject that ever held interest for me became boring and painful once I began to study it in real detail for a while. If there were such a thing as a PhD in liberal arts, I'd be interested.

If I had $600M, could I join a program and bribe my way to a diploma?

I have interests in science, so I would probably chose something like archaeology, paleontology, geology, astronomy. Actually the field of astro-archealogy, where they study things like Stonehenge and lots of other temples would be cool.

From a practical standpoint, another field would be better. Like UT mentions, some sort of finance or economics field would be a smart move.

have i offended you in some way? I cannot recall ever butting heads with you in the past.

when i was a wee bit, i wanted to be a stewardess on TWA (they got to wear little white go-go boots)

but my interests passionately vear to social anthropology (University of Kent)

I don't see why you couldn't do both? Your dissertation could involve research on airline passengers.

thanks for believing in me. . . . :)

think i could do it in those little white boots?

I admit I have a little thing for Harvard. 600m should be enough to get me in. I think I'd go for education, with a twist of cognitive psych.

I just thought your PhD would be in...

Cock! :lol:

Well there would be no point otherwise, would there?

exactely!

[insulting frenchman in the holy grail] i've already got one, you see. oh yes, it's verry nice![/cleese]

Astrophysics, astronomy, engineering, architecture (you did say $600 million, right?), communications, theater and cheese making.

Linguistics. Just because. With a side order of sign language.

History.

Oh, and symbology :D

whose history?