It seems a disproportionate amount of SH profiles contain a claim that they have obtained advanced academic degrees. Do you buy it?

If their communication skills are extremely poor and they have an inability to even use spell check, their claims lack credibility.

Unless PhD stands for Piled higher and Deeper

There's no way these people could have ever made it through college writing the way they do.

I am not sure. I know for myself I have a masters n education and will (hopefully) be starting on a doctrate soon... however I do not spell well nor do I type well... I have also spent a great amount of time with people who have very little "formal education" and uet can speak very well and intellegently about many topics yet get them to write something and they are inable to do it. And I have had teh opertunity to read a great deal of accidemic papers by some "brillent" people and yet when speaking to them they sound like fools.

I think when it comes to online communities like SH we have to consider a few things.

I its online... so of course those who need to build self esteem may need to "flub" their stats, as well writing an opinion in an "emotionally charged" enviorment where personal atacts are common in leiu of civil debate is sometimes enough to turn normally well writen people into stammering fools and finally it is actually two different skill sets writing and speaking and depending on teh type of education someone has they may have developed different strengths. Someone who has an advanced degree in stats may be very good at conveying in writing while a person who has an advanced degree in math may be better at lecture

I guess there's no way to find out. I have two bachelor's degrees and I am currently working on a certificate.

I have had conversations with a few here that claim advanced degrees, I don't know what discipline they are in, but I can tell you it isn't English composition.
I am sure there are some but the majority claiming to be conservative Christian I find to be the most unbelievable.

Don't believe it, but I also don't care.

I don't care. They are none of my business. I don't like liars. There are times when in war you have to not tell everything to protect you troops and country. But I never make rash statements about people I don't know.

I just consider them real losers to have to brag about something they aren't. Guess they think that impresses others, which it sure doesn't impress me.

No. Half of the rwnjs can't spell.

I got my doctorate for fifty bucks online, I like making people call me doctor.

Not sure, haven't thought about it. I tend to think the young people talk like idiots, and the older people who claim higher education usually sound okay.

I'm damn sure there are many that lie about what type of degree they've obtained, but there's no need to speak or type with the dictionary at hand when you're in a informal setting such as this.

Some are telling the truth but I don't feel like it's any of my business.
There is a funny person that has their complete resume on their profile. Its full of holes, and now they "claim" to be in management in retail and making $100k+ a year. I noticed they removed it later. Trying wayyyyyy to hard to be important.

Who cares?

I don't really care either way. I don't pay much attention to profiles simply due the fact that people can say whatever they want.

I dismiss out of hand a certain amount of what I read here, whether it be an advanced degree or their talents in general. Caveat Emptor.

I think mostly THEY buy it...

http://www.onlinedegreesprofs...

I rarely read one, and I keep my personal stuff off here.

I think the profile is pointless, you can put anything on it.

*shrugs* If it makes them feel better about themselves, who cares? I mean what does it matter to you or I, does it change your life any??

i actually make a good income. but the other day i was talking to somebody in high school who makes over 100K. . . . ummmm ok. . . . then it hit me that the income part of the profile is just pointless

A lot of folks need to make themselves look bigger and better than real life because it makes them feel important. Being older and looking important means little to most seniors but life lessons are what we are and we have to give from experiences, some good and some bad.

When you look at current educational standards, I guess it is not that hard to buy.

Come on man!!! there are few...very few on here that tell the truth....it's all BS.

Like I was telling someone the other day when they accused me of faking my profile "If I'm going to put up a fake profile, it certainly wouldn't be as a 52 yr old guy with love handles". Ironically enough, that same person was in high school, yet retired and making over $100K. I look at it as one way of separating the idiots from the decent people.

I believe a lot of them. There are some pretty cake advanced degrees out there -- like education.

It's their wishful thinking. I can say I'm 5'11, young and wealthy. But, only I know what is the truth. LOL

It's nice seeing you are back. I remember you from last year. I would see you on different posts many times.

People would have to be profoundly self-deluded to find some advantage in lying to complete strangers over the internet. I tend to trust until evidence proves the contrary.

hell if I know. But they'll give a degree to anyone nowadays.

Based on what they secrete here, it is either from a diploma mill or in a field that has no relevance to what they are making claims about.
Like "Dr." Kent Hovind and his "doctorate" in "christian education" from the "Patriot Bible University" diploma mill.
Oh, here is a picture of this "university".

Isn't that Bud's bar and grill in the evening?

There are probably a few , but also some fakes. I'll tell you off the bat that mine is about 1-1/2 years of college , then I went back to work.

LOL. I haven't ever thought about it....but whatever floats their boat.

Of course if you think about it, considering some of the comments/answers/polls some post on here, you have to wonder "did they buy their degree(s) from a mail order house?

Academic and financial claims are always questionable,it's the internet.

LOL..it's all questionable....single, bi, 100K +, ....lots o smoke and mirrors here....

No doubt!

Never believe anything here

Opinion sites tend to be dominated by more Intelligent and well educated people... Also, plenty of University graduates do not sound or act like it at all...

I'll take it a face value unless proven otherwise.