Life Musings

I was following this online discussion about whether PhD holders are "real doctors" or not. Here are a couple of excerpts from that discussion:

"Please. A PhD is not a professional degree. Society understands "doctor," when referring to the medical profession, to mean an individual that has been able to earn an MD. You, whether due to lack of motivation, or more likely lack of aptitude, have not. I'm glad Webster's dictionary validates your semantic point but for a thinking person, that's clearly not the point of how "doctor" is perceived. Fortunately for you, it appears the sort of fans you attract don't spend a lot of time thinking that hard."

"The above post is a classic example of the MD God-complex. No one besides the "MD" can call himself a doctor. Please. Read a dictionary and get yourself educated. For all I know, you are not even a doctor since no one knows who you are since you continue to shroud yourself in anonomynity. This is type of person who everyone on the hospital staff can't stand, along with patients. Get over yourself, pal. Yawn."

Sheesh. You'd think that people would know better by now.