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Anonymous wrote:PHD in math and physics are much harder than MD/JD. However who cares. Everybody is a PHD in my house and the floor still needs to be mopped.

Two JDs in my house. And we pay people to mop.

Well that settles it. The JD is superior.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I don't understand why there's anything wrong with the psychiatrist being called Dr.

Psychiatrists ARE MD's!

They are. I get so tired of people mixing up psychiatrist and psychologist.

At any rate, I call my psychiatrist by their first name.

Is your psychiatrist male or female? If female, would you still call them by their first name if they were male?

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Anonymous wrote:PHD in math and physics are much harder than MD/JD. However who cares. Everybody is a PHD in my house and the floor still needs to be mopped.

Two JDs in my house. And we pay people to mop.

Anonymous wrote:PHD in math and physics are much harder than MD/JD. However who cares. Everybody is a PHD in my house and the floor still needs to be mopped.

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Anonymous wrote:People believe MDs are the only "real" doctors because they are in awe of medical doctors. They are projected as almost God-like in the media and popular culture. They're smart, they went to med school, they have high salaries.

In contrast to the MD, people just draw a blank when it comes to say, number theory, philosophy of mind or the history of science.

MDs are seen as the pinnacle of professional accomplishment. Parents fantasize about their children becoming physicians or maybe lawyers rather than mathematicians, philosophers, historians etc. Even though the PhD is the pinnacle of academic accomplishment. In the common mind, the doctors and lawyers are the "elite" with the "hard schooling", the PhD's just know a lot of arcane stuff that's use of no practical use.

No one sees an MD as a pinnacle of accomplishment anymore- times have changed. It’s not a very attractive field anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:Im an MD, I only allow my patients to call me Dr.--it creates boundaries that are there to protect both of us and to define the relationship. I want to barf when all these school educators go by doctor.

Then despite being very educated you’re ignorant and a rube.

why? because the only time im called dr is by a patient? otherwise i redirect to first name. When im at a doc appt myself ill call my MD doctor and ask they call me by my first name....it just seems logical to me...but hey ill call y'all whatever you please--doesnt really impact me one way or the other.

So you think it's appropriate for you to call someone their first name/without a title (even Ms or Mr), but they should give you respect by using yours? That seems more like you want to create a power dynamic than wanting to create boundaries.
- someone with a PhD who doesn't use "Dr."

no i call them ms/mr -most of the time they come back with please call me "first name" and more and more are they/xer and whatever else--ill call you whatever your heart desires , most of the time phd or education is not on my front sheet

Anonymous wrote:Any real doctor (ie an MD) , who is normal and not lame, does NOT introduce themselves as "doctor" in a social setting.
And we certainly don't do it in public since we don't really want to start weird conversations.

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Anonymous wrote:Im an MD, I only allow my patients to call me Dr.--it creates boundaries that are there to protect both of us and to define the relationship. I want to barf when all these school educators go by doctor.

Then despite being very educated you’re ignorant and a rube.

why? because the only time im called dr is by a patient? otherwise i redirect to first name. When im at a doc appt myself ill call my MD doctor and ask they call me by my first name....it just seems logical to me...but hey ill call y'all whatever you please--doesnt really impact me one way or the other.

So you think it's appropriate for you to call someone their first name/without a title (even Ms or Mr), but they should give you respect by using yours? That seems more like you want to create a power dynamic than wanting to create boundaries.
- someone with a PhD who doesn't use "Dr."

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I don't understand why there's anything wrong with the psychiatrist being called Dr.

Psychiatrists ARE MD's!

They are. I get so tired of people mixing up psychiatrist and psychologist.

At any rate, I call my psychiatrist by their first name.

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Anonymous wrote:People believe MDs are the only "real" doctors because they are in awe of medical doctors. They are projected as almost God-like in the media and popular culture. They're smart, they went to med school, they have high salaries.

In contrast to the MD, people just draw a blank when it comes to say, number theory, philosophy of mind or the history of science.

MDs are seen as the pinnacle of professional accomplishment. Parents fantasize about their children becoming physicians or maybe lawyers rather than mathematicians, philosophers, historians etc. Even though the PhD is the pinnacle of academic accomplishment. In the common mind, the doctors and lawyers are the "elite" with the "hard schooling", the PhD's just know a lot of arcane stuff that's use of no practical use.

No one sees an MD as a pinnacle of accomplishment anymore- times have changed. It’s not a very attractive field anymore.

+1. Most doctors are idiots in my experience. Combined with their arrogance, I have little to no respect for them at all.

Anonymous wrote:People believe MDs are the only "real" doctors because they are in awe of medical doctors. They are projected as almost God-like in the media and popular culture. They're smart, they went to med school, they have high salaries.

In contrast to the MD, people just draw a blank when it comes to say, number theory, philosophy of mind or the history of science.

MDs are seen as the pinnacle of professional accomplishment. Parents fantasize about their children becoming physicians or maybe lawyers rather than mathematicians, philosophers, historians etc. Even though the PhD is the pinnacle of academic accomplishment. In the common mind, the doctors and lawyers are the "elite" with the "hard schooling", the PhD's just know a lot of arcane stuff that's use of no practical use.

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Anonymous wrote:Because it’s true.

Unless you have MD, DOM, or DDS after your last name, YOU ARE NOT A DOCTOR.

A doctor is a physician. Period.


My brother-in-law with a PhD in history IS NOT A DOCTOR. And he introduces himself as “Dr____ all the freakin time. It’s embarrassing.

You sound jealous of your BIL. He earned a doctorate and a title!

I have a couples titles. too - “ASE Certified Master Technician”, which took five years apprenticeship and a further 2 years as a journeyman to attain, and “Small Business Owner”, which required years of working for other people before I could open my own shop.


And it’s a good thing for my BIL that his super hot sister married a guy who fixes cars for a living, because Mr. Doctor PhD is too inept to change his own tire. Plus, he always has me around to pick up the check when we’re all out together as a group. He sure can’t with his proofreading job. So it’s nice being the successful son-in-law.