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Doctor means teacher. That’s the pilot’s fault for not asking for a physician.

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This is fair. It is the medical profession that took the name from the academia. Unfortunately, it’s come around to the point that some US states are now banning the use of the term for some higher level degrees to avoid confusion in the medical profession.

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That one was a wild ride

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I’ll only call you doctor when you call me engineer. It’s a protected title too.

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Little know fact: The D in PhD is for “death”.

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