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82-T/A [At Work] AUG 14, 01:05 PM

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Originally posted by Jake_Dragon:

Look harder, the media said this:
Gates has received honorary doctorates from
Nyenrode Business Universiteit (1996)
KTH Royal Institute of Technology (2002)
Waseda University (2005)
Tsinghua University (2007)
Harvard University (2007)
Karolinska Institute (2007)
University of Cambridge (2009)
Northern Arizona University (2023)




Dude.. I would LOVE to get degrees like that... people just being like... "Hey 82-T/A, here you go! Have a free PhD on us!"

But being completely honest... what's even the point? I would personally say "thank you" but reject any degree that I didn't earn. If a school wants to send me a pretty piece of Lexan or some kind of trophy that says, "Thank you for being awesome / whatever" then I'll take that. But a free degree that you've never earned? I don't really understand the point of that.

I realize it's honorary ... but what exactly does that mean? Why confer a degree at all? Why not just give an honorary award?
rinselberg AUG 14, 01:52 PM
So Bill Gates has a long list of honorary doctorates or other degrees from various colleges and universities around the world?

He's hardly the only celebrity or public figure.

That isn't the media telling me that Bill Gates is a scientist. It's reality telling me that Wichita's "big meme" is bullcrap.


"When you go with the 'Dinosaur' you tend to go wrong."

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82-T/A [At Work] AUG 14, 01:58 PM

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Originally posted by rinselberg:

So Bill Gates has a long list of honorary doctorates or other degrees from various colleges and universities around the world.

He's hardly the only celebrity or public figure.





No, I'm aware of this. I'm just asking WHY this practice is done. It doesn't make any sense. I can only assume the reason they do this is because they want these individuals to become "alumni," and therefore likely to give donations... or the inverse.

But I do not really understand the point of an honorary degree. You've not actually earned the degree, so and it really be said that you're worthy of it?

Maybe... if say perhaps, Bill Gates was given an honorary CompSCI from Stanford or something... because he is a computer programmer (though Balmer did most of the work), it might make sense because of his contributions to the computer science community.


But beyond some key things like that, I don't really understand the point??? Or how it even ethically makes sense. I'd want to know WHAT degrees are being conferred to him... because unless it's something that he's already an expert in, it seems like some total bullshit for people who have worked their asses off to get those equivalent degrees.
rinselberg AUG 14, 02:05 PM
Why would anyone who has earned a PhD or some other degree from a college or university be miffed because someone else has an honorary degree?

If someone with an honorary degree were putting it forward on their resume but omitting the "honorary" part, that would be a "pisser," and I have no idea who may have tried or gotten away with such a trick, but Bill Gates? None chance.

I don't like that meme.


"The media tells you that Bill Gates is a SCIENTIST."
MYTH ABOUT WHAT THE MEDIA TELLS YOU... BUSTED ..!

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82-T/A [At Work] AUG 14, 03:31 PM

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Originally posted by rinselberg:

Why would anyone who has earned a PhD or some other degree from a college or university be miffed because someone else has an honorary degree?

If someone with an honorary degree were putting it forward on their resume but omitting the "honorary" part, that would be a "pisser," and I have no idea who may have tried or gotten away with such a trick, but Bill Gates? None chance.





Like I said, I'm trying to understand exactly what the actual point of it is.

As for why someone would be miffed... "I" personally don't really care, as in... the success and failure of others doesn't really affect me. I mean... I'm happy when someone succeeds, and I'm sad when someone fails. But if you know how much work goes into a PhD (I do not have one, to be clear), you'd understand why it might be frustrating for someone from that same school, with the same PhD, to see that someone else just got it for free... just because.

I don't figure that Bill Gates has a resume at this point... but I would hope seriously that someone who does have an honorary degree, wouldn't be putting it on a resume, as if they somehow have that knowledge. See my previous response on where / how I might feel it to be acceptable.

I also think it's trite if the school is merely conferring a degree without being earned simply because they want to say... "Bill Gates is an alumnus..."
Wichita AUG 14, 03:47 PM

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rinselberg AUG 14, 04:06 PM
"Worked up" about honorary degrees? This is Copy & Paste from Brandeis University.

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Honorary Degrees: A Short History

Honorary degrees appear to have arisen out of the practice of granting dispensations from certain particular academic requirements.

European universities began granting degrees “for the sake of the honor” (honoris causa) in the 15th century, and the first such degree was awarded at Oxford University in 1478 or 1479 to Lionel Woodville, Dean of Exeter, the brother-in-law of Edward IV and the future Bishop of Salisbury. These were essentially academic peerages, entitling the recipient to full privileges in the university, privileges that were much more extensive than now. At the same time universities conferred degrees on certain scholars whose career achievements warranted such recognition.

The first honorary degree awarded in America was an honorary doctor of divinity degree conferred by Harvard University in 1692 on its president, Increase Mather.

Recipients of an honorary doctorate do not normally adopt the title of “doctor.” In many countries, including the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and the United States, it is not usual for an honorary doctor to use the formal title of “doctor,” regardless of the background circumstances for the award. An early and notable exception is Benjamin Franklin, who received an honorary doctorate from the University of St. Andrews in 1759 and the University of Oxford in 1762 for his scientific accomplishments, and thereafter referred to himself as “Doctor Franklin.”

Brandeis University, which awarded its first honorary degrees at its second commencement on June 14, 1953, bestows honorary degrees as a means to acknowledge the singular accomplishments or contributions of individual men and women; to identify the University with the values expressed through the work and accomplishments of the honoree; to draw attention to the University as an institution that respects and encourages such values and the manner in which those values are expressed; and to emphasize its own institutional mission and purposes.

The University honors individuals for distinctive achievement in the creative and performing arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences, public service, philanthropy, business, the learned professions, social justice, Jewish life, international understanding and human rights.

https://www.brandeis.edu/trustees/hdr/
randye AUG 14, 06:58 PM
NO DEGREE IN PHARMACY

NO DEGREE IN MICROBIOLOGY

NO DEGREE IN VIROLOGY

NO DEGREE IN IMMUNOLOGY

NO DEGREE IN EPIDEMIOLOGY

NO DEGREE IN CLINICAL RESEARCH

NO DEGREE IN PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE

NO VALID MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE IN OVER 30 YEARS

HASN'T HELD A VALID LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN ANY STATE IN OVER 30 YEARS

.

WEARS A LAB COAT AS A *COSTUME* FOR PHOTOS





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Leftists gotta Leftist
...and they will worship anyone as a "scientist" if they like their ideology

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rinselberg AUG 14, 08:03 PM
Results are more important than "sheepskins" to frame and hang on a wall.

Fauci's role at NIH was research. He wasn't a clinician. He didn't need a medical license or malpractice insurance.

Only a MAGA-doofus would obsess over Fauci's lab coat affectation.

The MAGA-doofuses are big on "post-oids"—like that one. Post-oids are forum posts that don't say anything, because the MAGA-doofuses don't have anything to say.

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WonderBoy AUG 14, 08:20 PM
Since Bill Gates was brought up, what are the benefits of Genetically Modified mosquitos? Why would a person, who referred to them as a form of vaccination delivery vehicles flying syringes, invest in shops/labs out of USCorporation borders (ha, like we actually have them) to breed them, and then the USCorporation agreed to have millions released in 2 red states?

Why does this guy, who couldn't make software, but smooth talk and buy others and call it his (salesman skillz), have a sort of god like complex?

Japan 1935-1945?
Germany 1935-1945?

The world comes full circle again.

The truth is out there.