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Re:16 Year Old CEOs, What Has The World Come To? by amichail on Monday November 02, 2009 @11:33PM (#918604)
It's different for academics because getting a PhD is just the beginning. A top academic would probably not consider it the most important achievement of his/her career.

A top academic is well known and everyone will automatically assume that he/she has a PhD and a respectable position at his/her university, so mentioning the title is redundant.

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Re:16 Year Old CEOs, What Has The World Come To? by yummyfajitas on Tuesday November 03, 2009 @08:35AM (#919196)
In general, when you find an academic type without a PhD, it's even more impressive. Read about Google Eliezer Yudkowsky, and tell me you aren't even more impressed when you find out his educational background.
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Re:16 Year Old CEOs, What Has The World Come To? by zackattack on Tuesday November 03, 2009 @09:26AM (#919324)
Read about Google Eliezer Yudkowsky

Thanks for making me hunt, asshole. Anyway, he didn't go to high school and is an "autodidact."

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