# Celebrities with REAL (Not Honorary) Doctorates **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-real-not-honorary-doctorates/392613 "2007-02-17T14:32:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-real-not-honorary-doctorates/392613/121 "2014-09-18T18:35:26Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Half Man Half Wit** : > > Did they source him as an authority of the fact that you cannae change the laws of physics? Not quite. It was a paper on the Alcubierre drive, titled “The View from the Bridge”. “From the bridge” was used to mean “from the center of the warp bubble”, even though (citation) it could be argued that the bubble would be centered on the engineering section of the ship, not from the bridge. The citation given was to “M. Scott, private communication”. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-real-not-honorary-doctorates/392613/122 "2014-09-18T23:34:20Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Woody Paul Chrisman, the fiddle player in Riders In The Sky, has a Ph.D. in theoretical plasma physics from MIT. His fellow SkyRider, Frederick LaBour (“Too Slim”), was the genesis of the “Paul Is Dead” phenomenon in the late 60’s. Trivial footnote to emphasize the wonderfulness of the Riders. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-real-not-honorary-doctorates/392613/123 "2014-09-19T06:13:11Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Woody Paul Chrisman, the fiddle player in Riders In The Sky, has a Ph.D. in theoretical plasma physics from MIT. > [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > His fellow SkyRider, Frederick LaBour (“Too Slim”), was the genesis of the “Paul Is Dead” phenomenon in the late 60’s. > Trivial footnote to emphasize the wonderfulness of the Riders. True. And Ranger Doug Green is the Historian for the Country Music Association. And I took this username years ago in homage to Ranger Doug. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-real-not-honorary-doctorates/392613/124 "2014-09-19T10:27:08Z")
RivkahChaya, the terms “neuroscience” and “neurobiology” are interchangeable: > **[Neuroscience](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience)** > > Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, developmental biology, cytology, psychology, physics, computer science, chemistry, medicine, statistics, and mathematical modeling to understand the fundamental and emergent properties of neurons, glia and neural circuits. The understanding of The scope of neuroscien... ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-real-not-honorary-doctorates/392613/125 "2014-09-21T00:29:14Z")
Shaq’s got an EdD, not a PhD FWIW. Still, good for him, but that Time blurb is off (even in the pic he’s holding a light-blue hood) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-real-not-honorary-doctorates/392613/126 "2014-09-21T00:42:08Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > This is an old thread, I know, but it came up on a google search for celebrities with doctorates. I figured it was worth a bump for an update on one of my favorite actors, who was mentioned earlier in this thread: > > Congratulations to Peter Weller, PhD! > > From [Peter Weller’s Wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Weller): > > (do you think he minds if people call him Dr. Robocop?) I remember reading that some students do expect an easy class from Professor “Robocop” but they get a rude awakening when they see how strict and knowledgeable he is. As I said before, those students expect Robocop when they actually get Buckaroo Banzai! ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-real-not-honorary-doctorates/392613/127 "2014-09-21T02:39:20Z")
> [@capybara](#): > > Shaq’s got an EdD, not a PhD FWIW. Still, good for him, but that Time blurb is off (even in the pic he’s holding a light-blue hood) I said doctorate, not PhD. There are a bunch of other doctorate degrees besides a PhD. An EdD focuses more on knowledge and practice rather than research which is very appropriate for some types of professionals like him. Shaq has always been focused on education. He went back and finished his LSU degree well after he was a multi-millionaire and an NBA superstar. Barry University may not be the most prestigious school in the world but it is a real university fully accredited to award such degrees. I say good for him and he is an admirable role model for lots of people. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-with-real-not-honorary-doctorates/392613.md?page=6)