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by brnt 2104 days ago
I didn't try to make a slippery slope argument. I just want to know if someone considers that title unpleasant, and if so what the alternative could be (not Main of Science obviously).
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This could be an awesomely fun sub-thread.

Here's my ideas to get things started:

How about 'Science Wizard'? '<Your name here> The Science <Guy/Gal/Person>' 'Expert of Science'

What have the rest of you got? :)

There's really three titles, right? Bachelor, master and doctor. To me, the first was always the weirdest if the bunch, and if we're renaming things, maybe we could confer the hierarchy of the titles?

What's a good synonym for mastery? How can you describe someone who has mastered something? Expert, OK. What else?

In the US we've got 12 levels (years) of primary and secondary education, followed by 'higher' education. Here at least I suppose you could call a bachelor's something like "16th grade", or "Level 16". Different Masters and PhDs require different numbers of years, though, so it's not a great system.

How about something like "Practitioner" instead of Bachelors, "Expert" instead of Masters, and stick with Doctorate for the PhD?