Bill Gates to finally get Harvard degree, says the Seattle Times. Makes it sound like he’s been finishing his requirements for the sheepskin, doesn’t it? A more accurate representation comes out in the second paragraph of the story [emphasis mine]:
Bill Gates is finally getting his Harvard degree -- 32 years after he walked away from campus on the path to becoming the world's wealthiest person.
Gates, billionaire co-founder of Microsoft Corp., philanthropist and Harvard dropout, will receive an honorary degree in June when he delivers the university's 356th commencement address.
All such pieces of paper are becoming less valuable these days, but all the same, there is still a world of difference between that which is earned, and that which is merely given.
earned and given
just goes to show that money can but everything. i think that what you know about what you know is more important than who has given you a degree, except when it's the third degree. Ask people the right questions and we can tell the depth of what they know - up to the point of our own depth in the topic. The continuum, however, must be maintained throughout perspectives, so anything i tell you in chemistry has to jive with what you know in confectionaries. which means that perhaps we can do the exchange dance the next time you have caramels.
what's your spin on the liberty coinage issue?