[mountainfolk]

I enjoyed your post on all points. Especially about the comparison of degrees . In the non Free Republic world, that is all important, as in x number of scientists agree with Al Gore on Global Warming, or x number of economists agreed with Clinton on whatever was needed to keep their grants going. In this corner of the political universe, the range of posters and their take on anything is, for me, the reason I log on. From general life experience, I cannot know for sure who is degreed and who is not. Smarts and a certificate do not necessarily go hand in hand.

[Barset]

The one thing not brought up in the discussion of posting acedemic degrees to back up our opinions, is that in cyber-space we can pretend to be anything we think will impress others, and silence them in the process.

Excuse me, while I prepare my notes for my next lecture at Oxford, and then dust my collection of Faberge eggs.