03-24-2012, 09:10 AM
(03-24-2012, 08:01 AM)Really? Wrote: Congratulations on the practical uses of your work. It is indeed a wonderful and prideful thing. But.... It doesn't change the fact that your work is not scholarly. That's fine, of course, but it doesn't qualify for the award of a degree--at any level. The question was whether or not the work you submitted for your degree was (a) scholarly--whether it submitted and accepted for publications in peer-reviewed academic journals, or (b) supervised--whether it was developed under the supervision of a doctoral advisor and/or committee. One might turn a thesis into a book, self-published or otherwise. The reverse simply isn't true. I think it is wonderful that your work has resulted in so many good forms of recognition and good works. Seriously. But why you would tarnish all of that with claims of a fake degree sold by a fake school under utterly non-academic processes based upon valuable-yet-non-academic work is baffling. Why not let your fine work and other forms of recognition stand on their own? Or, alternately, if the degree and title are truly that important, why not earn them legitimately from a recognized university? Sure, you might have to take some lower degrees in preparation, but a man of your obvious talents (and I really mean that) could do it. And wouldn't that be awesome!
Neil, I'm going to leave this thread. But I really mean it: you should consider going through the process of earning a degree from a recognized university. Good luck.
But Rich you know absolutely nothing about my qualifications, apart from my most important one: being honoured by the Queen of England, complete with a diploma signed by the Queen herself, and being honoured by the NZ Government!