Do you think if somebody is a Doctor of something ( has a doctorate, not medical doctor) that you should address them as Dr when talking to them?

I have a PhD in a physical science and don't like to be addressed by any professional title.

There are contexts where it's meaningful. If one wants to establish some working credential. Having earned one's working papers.

Beyond that, I think it's a mixed bag.

There is clearly part of society that values higher education. That can be "othering" and alienating. It's weird being at a party and being introduced as having a PhD and everyone asking their pet science questions all night. Some of them weird. [i]So if you cloned a sheep... of anti-matter... and cooled it to absolute zero and flew it into a black hole...[/i]

And there is clearly part of society that has very open and active contempt for higher education. The COVID thing make that clearer than ever. Refer to an actual journal article and you're just some mindless beta cuck establishment zombie. A PhD in a physical science means you hate God, are an atheist, want to destroy religion.

So I just ignore it.

It would be odd and meaningless out of the professional work environment. I'm a DMD and I wouldn't want to be addressed as doctor outside of work.

🤔...............I work with Ph.D.'s.......... Sometime I refer to them as DR.........But most of the time I address them by first name........Most of the time they call each other by first name and sometimes they say Dr...........If I'm introducing them to someone they have never met or it is a business related introduction, I always introduce them as DR..........in a professional environment it should be DR..............

If I am not on a first name basis with them, I address them as Dr. If I am introducing them to someone else, I also use Dr. unless I know the person prefers to be introduced without the title. It was a common occurrence in my work with lots of Ph.D. types.

No. No disrespect intended but if you at a restaurant and someone needs medical attention your response would have to be sorry I'm not that kind of doctor

It depends on the meeting. I wouldn't necessarily. I used to have a teacher that everyone called doctor but I thought it was dumb because that wasn't his title as a teacher.

In a formal, business type or academic situation, yes. Otherwise no.

No, my brother has a doctorate in physics, but nobody calls him doctor

Depends on the relationship..

Is there a Dr. In the house?


What's up Doc?

My father liked to be called Doc by his students. It was like a nickname for him...(better than Dollar Bob!) 🤣🤣🤣. He did have a doctoral degree, and was not really pretentious like Jill Biden, but I think he still wanted his hard work to be recognized at the college where he ended up working.

You are definitely allowed to call yourself ior to be called Doctor, but most of us don't. Dr. Phil and Dr. Jill Biden aren't medical doctors, but can stillbe called Doctor.

Depends upon the country next. They did earn the title. I have an MD, but tend not to use it socially, or with trades people, who see dollar signs instead of the letters.

No, it should be down to their choice and preference.

Principals with educational doctorates are called doctor .

“Doctor “is generally used with MD’s.

in a professional setting, yes.

That is what the paper says

Acceptable but I wouldn't want that.

Yes. They earned it!

My sister in laws father used to insist her friends called him Dr when she was growing up

He was a psychologist

He was also an abusive coke addict