From the google, I see that was a bachelors from 1981 to go into the private sector for work that had no connection to any scientific career. What qualifies so

From the google, I see that was a bachelors from 1981 to go into the private sector for work that had no connection to any scientific career. What qualifies someone as a 'scientist' can be a fuzzy continuum, but that's on the weaker side of the spectrum. Especially for someone who isn't a biologist going against the mainstream consensus of biology.