>I'm not sure how you conclude that the PhD has been earned.
I didn't say it was. I stated the thesis was finished. These are distinct.
The latter requires a defense of the thesis before a committee, and in pretty much every decent PhD program, is merely a formality since the advisor should not let the student defend until he/she is ready. I had my thesis finished long before I did my defense, and I passed that months before the PhD was conferred, which happens at graduation.
Here's [1] a speech given before his thesis defense, so I suspect he has passed his thesis defense. So either he got his actual PhD at the end of the term or is waiting to get it at the next term end.
>When an author puts credentials in the title of an article, then credentials are on the table as a point of discussion.
Neither PhD nor Doctor appear in the title or in the article. You brought up the PhD silliness. A PhD is neither required nor implied in this post.
You're still stuck on ad hominem. If you want to criticize, do so on the merits of the article, not strawmen you dig up.
[1] https://jmkorhonen.net/2017/12/15/necessity-is-the-mother-of...
I didn't say it was. I stated the thesis was finished. These are distinct.
The latter requires a defense of the thesis before a committee, and in pretty much every decent PhD program, is merely a formality since the advisor should not let the student defend until he/she is ready. I had my thesis finished long before I did my defense, and I passed that months before the PhD was conferred, which happens at graduation.
Here's [1] a speech given before his thesis defense, so I suspect he has passed his thesis defense. So either he got his actual PhD at the end of the term or is waiting to get it at the next term end.
>When an author puts credentials in the title of an article, then credentials are on the table as a point of discussion.
Neither PhD nor Doctor appear in the title or in the article. You brought up the PhD silliness. A PhD is neither required nor implied in this post.
You're still stuck on ad hominem. If you want to criticize, do so on the merits of the article, not strawmen you dig up.
[1] https://jmkorhonen.net/2017/12/15/necessity-is-the-mother-of...