( Disclaimer: this post has nothing to do with the OP, this line of questions comes up every year.)
what does it say about the profession when a fresh undergrad in one discipline can be admitted to grad school in another feild?
Academic departments have to manage thier own reputations as they see fit, and ID is very pragmatic (the degree itself means little to nothing), and I’m all for people being able to easily change careers with higher education.
But - what does this small percentage of Academia tell us about the value of what we do?