Most, if not all, of the greatest inventions/discoveries in human histroy flew completely contrary to the accepted science of the time.
World is flat anyone?
How about penicillin?
Flight?
The Automobile?
Lets not forget that the guy who invented radio was put into a mental institute initially when he claimed to be able to send words through the air without wires!
All of these things were deemed 'impossible' by the academia of the time. Why
couldn't this also be true?
I haven't made a decision on the validity of the material yet, but to be honest I don't give a flying fig about the Doctor who bought his degree. Why?
Because I bought my own, and I was one of the top programmers in my field when I lived in Australia. I knew all the other guys in my area, and there is only one I would consider to have been better than me. (partially because I
trained at least 30% of the others)
And suprise suprise, he didn't have a degree either. I bought mine purely because it is convenient to have one, when it comes time for things like visas, organisation applications etc. A lot of those activities and actions
require a degree, regardless of your
actual knowlege or skill in a particular area.
I am a bit offended at your implications about the moral fiber of a person who buys a degree, One, and I don't offend easily.
They are a requirement for many things in this world, but they mean
absolutely nothing except that you can spit back at your teacher whatever they say to you. I can program rings around just about any 'legit' uni graduate without breaking a sweat, but I can't get a working visa in a foreign country without a degree regardless of skill level. So I got one.
I for one (hehe pun not intended) want to hear some more from Aaron. Please desist from turing this thread into a flame fest.