>> 1. I am insufficiently intelligent to actually acheive a PhD. (I 
>> nearly failed my BSc as it is!)
> 
> Rubbish!  You've demonstrated several times how quickly you can pick up 
> new, often quite challenging, concepts.

I guess I'm still smarting from that guy yelling at me because I keep 
asking how rank-2 types work and I still can't get my head around it.

> You probably almost failed your 
> BSc because there were subjects you just weren't interested in that much 
> to put in the work.

Actually, I'm still not really comprehending why double-entry book 
keeping is really relevant to a computer science degree, but still...

>> 2. I have insufficient money. (I'm still paying for my BSc. Very slowly.)
> 
> Aren't there lots of options for getting funding?

*shrugs*

>> 4. It is *highly* unlikely that having a PhD will make any kind of 
>> positive change to my employment situation.
> 
> Completely incorrect, I don't even understand why you might think like 
> that.

Well, everybody seemed to think that once I had a degree, people would 
be falling over themselves to be the first to employ me. This is 
manifestly not the case. Nobody gives a **** that I have a degree. Why 
is another qualification going to be different?

>> 5. Presumably a PhD is a serious amount of hard work. It's not exactly 
>> a pleasure cruise. So I'd need a good reason to do one.
> 
> Because you will enjoy doing it

If it's true, that would be a valid reason.

> and will have many more employment options once you are done.

I currently doubt this one.

>> 6. I rather doubt that you can get a PhD in "doing cool stuff". 
>> Presumably it must be something rather more specific than that.
> 
> No s**t!  List out all the "cool stuff" you enjoy, then start searching...

I'm thinking I might make a list of cool stuff just for the hell of it, 
actually. :-D

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