Talk:Professor of nothing

Would this term also apply to folks who obtained a degree, but from a diploma mill, like "Dr." Kent Hovind? I'm tempted to add it but I'm not sure that would be right. Peyre (talk) 15:44, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

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Some content from EvoWiki. http://evolutionwiki.org/wiki/Professor_of_Nothing 19:48, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

Punch and Judy show operators
... are normally called Professor so would be appropriate 'presenters of information'.

'That's the way to do it.' 82.44.143.26 (talk) 15:54, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Professors are not always right
Consider P1: Prof. X supports Y. P2: (unstated and unproven) X is authoritative about Y. C: Y is true.

This is a specious argument with or without P2. Whoever professor X might be one cannot logically conclude the truth of Y because Professor X says it is true. That would be a simple appeal to authority. Certainly Y is more likely than not a true statement if professor X is an authentic expert on Y-iana. But formal fallacies are formal, and do not allow exceptions.UncleKrampus (talk) 22:34, 11 June 2022 (UTC)