22-03-2022, 08:10 PM
(22-03-2022, 06:01 PM)harm_less Wrote:Neither you, nor I, use our degrees as part of our titles or honorifics(22-03-2022, 05:49 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: I know quite a few PhDs. Not a single one of them calls themself Doctor. The consensus among them is to do so is more about ego than anything else.Or if you're active in the public eye some degree of credibility. I attained a horticultural degree for just that dreason, to differentiate myself from the hoards of snake oil salesmen in the Organic sector. Not a title you wear on my sleeve but a useful tool to show when my horticultural advice is questioned.
It is advertising, nothing less, and only usually used on very formal occasions, or in small print on letterheads.