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You stated multiple times that he has a PhD from Harvard. That is a falsehood. It's not an "if", it is a fact. Harvard confirmed he didn't earn a PhD to a Wired reporter[1].

You are correct that he wrote two papers.

You now state that he "didn't suggest he had one", when in fact he did: he said "PhD, Systems Biology" on his linkedin[2] profile.

This is shameful behavior on your part, but understandable because your defense of his joke of a memo depends on his authority to speak about the subject as a PhD in Biology, which he doesn't have.

Maybe it's time for you to go back to all the places where you stated he has a PhD and post retractions.

[1] https://twitter.com/nitashatiku/status/894939560391565317

[2] https://twitter.com/NuritBaytch/status/895010602380341248




Yes, I stated that only while it was being reported by the press and I didn't have better information. I mean, come on. As soon as I found out he didn't, I retracted right here in this thread. If that's not enough for you, then that's too freakin' bad. If you think I'm going to apologise for commenting based on the information currently available, you're going to wait forever.




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