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Re:The case for induction cooking by chrisseaton on Sunday March 13, 2022 @06:13AM (#30659854)
> And Brady Seals is not a scientist. Note the lack of PhD.

Why do you think you need a PhD to be a scientist? Many famous scientists, even some distinguished professors, don’t have a PhD. A PhD isn’t even the only type of doctorate!

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Re:The case for induction cooking by Aeolos on Sunday March 13, 2022 @07:11AM (#30660202)
> Many famous scientists, even some distinguished professors, don’t have a PhD

Examples? I'm really not aware of anyone, so I'm curious.

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Re:The case for induction cooking by chrisseaton on Sunday March 13, 2022 @09:47AM (#30661160)
Are you in tech? Then an obvious example is Simon Peyton Jones. Full professor, Fellow of the Royal Society, ACM Fellow, Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research. No doctoral degree of any kind. Really think he can't claim to be a scientist?
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Re:The case for induction cooking by Aeolos on Saturday March 26, 2022 @08:45AM (#30811360)
Scientist yes, in the same way that anyone who follows the scientific method can be a scientist.

Professor however, no, except as a honorary title.

I know exactly zero tenured professors who do not have a PhD.

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