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Factual fact: The dude doesn't have a PhD. He suggested he had one, but he never completed his PhD program nor did he publish any papers.
by gizmo 9y ago
Factual fact: The dude doesn't have a PhD. He suggested he had one, but he never completed his PhD program nor did he publish any papers.
- wyclif 9y agoFactual facty fact: he didn't "suggest he had one". You make it sound as if he was inflating his credentials. He was listed as in the PhD Biology programme on Harvard's alumni site, and the press incorrectly reported that he earned a PhD. Now, it's important to correct the record if he didn't complete the PhD. But he did publish papers (at Princeton and MIT).
- gizmo 9y agoYou stated multiple times that he has a PhD from Harvard. That is a falsehood. It's not an "if", it is a fact. Harvard confirmed he didn't earn a PhD to a Wired reporter[1]. You are correct that he wrote two papers. You now state that he "didn't suggest he had one", when in fact he did: he said "PhD, Systems Biology" on his linkedin[2] profile. This is shameful behavior on your part, but understandable because your defense of his joke of a memo depends on his authority to speak about the subject as a PhD in Biology, which he doesn't have. Maybe it's time for you to go back to all the places where you stated he has a PhD and post retractions. [1] https://twitter.com/nitashatiku/status/894939560391565317 https://twitter.com/nitashatiku/status/894939560391565317 [2] https://twitter.com/NuritBaytch/status/895010602380341248 https://twitter.com/NuritBaytch/status/895010602380341248
- wyclif 9y agoYes, I stated that only while it was being reported by the press and I didn't have better information. I mean, come on. As soon as I found out he didn't, I retracted right here in this thread. If that's not enough for you, then that's too freakin' bad. If you think I'm going to apologise for commenting based on the information currently available, you're going to wait forever.