I'm pretty sure Feynman would attribute his successes to his education and effort, not to the fact that he was awarded degrees for getting an education or makin

I'm pretty sure Feynman would attribute his successes to his education and effort, not to the fact that he was awarded degrees for getting an education or making the effort. The degree itself is an honorary; it isn't intrinsically important. So if you are successful, it doesn't matter whether or not you have a degree, so why should anyone care if you do? >Honorary degrees are given in an area where the person has already proven themselves successful...so it's really nothing at all like an "honorary electricians license". If you've proven yourself successful, what good is a degree going to do? Prove it again? The only thing an honorary degree can do is bestow trust onto someone who doesn't deserve it. If you already have trust earned through successes (enough to make anyone think you should have a degree,) you certainly don't need a degree to bestow it, do you? At best, an honorary degree simply says what everyone already knows. At worst, it privileges people who don't deserve it.