# Why is lacking proper credentials make someone more credible to some people?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-lacking-proper-credentials-make-someone-more-credible-to-some-people/222468>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 3, 2004, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-lacking-proper-credentials-make-someone-more-credible-to-some-people/222468 "2004-01-03T14:11:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-lacking-proper-credentials-make-someone-more-credible-to-some-people/222468/21 "2004-05-15T03:47:09Z")

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I just wish one of these pompousa asses say “I got a degree” to Bill Gates.

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-lacking-proper-credentials-make-someone-more-credible-to-some-people/222468/22 "2004-05-15T04:20:20Z")

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You think Bill doesn’t want to hire people who are better educated than he is? You would be wrong:

[http://www.microsoft.com/college/fulltime/sde.asp](http://www.microsoft.com/college/fulltime/sde.asp)

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-lacking-proper-credentials-make-someone-more-credible-to-some-people/222468/23 "2004-05-15T07:02:06Z")

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> [@msmith537](#):
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> I also think it’s funny that people think that just because something is in a book it must be true.

Well, it’s [on the web](http://www.richdad.com/) so it must be true! 😃

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**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-lacking-proper-credentials-make-someone-more-credible-to-some-people/222468/24 "2004-05-15T07:06:51Z")

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> [@yosemite](#):
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> My mom isa prime example of this. The next time she starts waving her crackpot books at me and saying, "_It’s in this BOOK!"_ I’m going to wave [this](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0595094724/qid=1073324008/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-1516840-0202415?v=glance&s=books) right back at her. I swear. I am.

Ah. What a coincidence. As it happens, I just ordered this very book. I finally snapped. My mom was driving me _NUTS_ with her “It’s in this _book!_” bullshit. I can hardly wait for this book to come so I can wave it in her face. 😃

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