Unnamed TNG skant beefcake on Nostr: I've said for years that academics should get to choose a doctoral name upon ...
I've said for years that academics should get to choose a doctoral name upon receiving their PhD
Something either appropriate or ironic based on their field of research
I had a colleague who worked on the ethics of analgesic drug development; she could have been Doctor Pain
Such a tradition would also lend itself well to supervillainy
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