Does it really matter?
If Gillian McKeith had been using the title of "Dr" to gain funds to build homes for amphetamine addicted pandas, I wouldn't give the slightest toss that it wasn't her real title. It was the fact that she was raking in cash and telling people pseudo-scientific clap trap while using her title to prove her authority that I took offence to.
I'm a Dr of physics (really, I've got a certificate and everything), but I don't tend to mention it to people outside of my work for several reasons, to name a few:
1. They think I earn shed loads of money (I don't)
2. They think I'm really intelligent (I'm not)
3. They ask me if I can prescribe some cream for their infection (I can't)
4. They tell me I'm "not a real doctor though are you" (I am)
There are many, many reasons why Dr Moore wouldn't want to discuss his doctorate with some raving YouTube lunatic, and that's absolutely his prerogative.
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fozberry, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 16:16,
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