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I keep telling people. They should be called Grandmaster's Degrees.
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Instead of a PhD in astronomy, it would be called Master of the universe. >

Starlord. >

Who? >

Star Lord, man. Legendary outlaw. >

Doctor of Philosophy sounds impressive as well, M.Sc. sounds not so impressive as well. >

Yes but!
Master of Science sounds more impressive than Doctor of Philosophy because its words are more commonly/easily understood - Master of Science sounds cool, Doctor of Philosophy sounds mystical and abstract >

Yeah doctor of philosophy makes you sound like a professor, but master of science makes you sound like Nikola Tesla. >

Why not both? Master of Science and Doctor of philosophy - science and spells sounds great. >

I got both...... took me forever. BSCS 1980, MSEE 1989, PhD 2001. And I am a professor. >

Haha, I also got master of engineering😂