http://www.metafilter.com/tags/boguscredentials Posts tagged with 'boguscredentials' at MetaFilter. Mon, 23 Sep 2002 07:09:56 -0800 Mon, 23 Sep 2002 07:09:56 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/20236/ <a href="http://www.myss.com/">Caroline Myss,</a> <em>Ph.D.</em>, is a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0517703920/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">wildly popular</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0609800140/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">best-selling</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0609802240/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">self-help</a> author, loved by <a href="http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/tows_2002/tows_past_20020125.jhtml">Oprah</a> and <a href="http://www.current.org/prog/prog804g.html">PBS stations</a>. She has her own show on <a href="http://www.oxygen.com/carolinemyss/">Oxygen</a>. But in what did she earn her cherished and paraded Ph.D.? <a href="http://www.myss.com/bio.asp" title="Resume and biography of Caroline Myss">Intuition and Energy Medicine</a>. Where did she earn it? From a non-accredited <a href="http://www.greenwich.edu" title="Greenwich University on Norfolk Island">correspondence school</a>. Who founded the department from whence she graduated? <a href="http://university.edu.nf/ssc/New%20EnMed/EnMed%20Home.htm">She did</a>. She maked it up. I'm always a bit skeptical of the intelligence and merit of anyone who so prominently adorns their pop writing with academic credentials. Here, my skepticism seems vindicated. Any other gurus out there with <a href="http://www.ishn.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/features/BNP__Features__Item/0,2162,3155,00.html">bogus</a> <a href="http://www.ncahf.org/articles/s-z/sham.html">credentials</a>? tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.20236 Mon, 23 Sep 2002 07:09:56 -0800 boguscredentials carolinemyss correspondenceschool credentials doctorate phd selfhelp dilettanti