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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 8:26 am
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Aphrodite91
 
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Originally Posted by You want to go where?
I feel that the use of the title Doctor by anyone other than an M.D. is pretentious and misleading, no matter how advanced your degree is.

When an airline pilot asks if there is a doctor on board, they are looking for a medical doctor, not someone with a doctorate in history, law, economics, chemistry, or physics.
I think this is uncalled for. Dr. is the official title of someone with a PhD. How is it misleading? It's not like they are trying to pass themselves off as medical doctors like their degrees are just lower versions of MDs.
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