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    286 points lachlan_gray | 19 comments | 16 Nov 25 23:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.262s | source | bottom
    1. AdmiralAsshat ◴[17 Nov 25 00:32 UTC] No.45949834[source]▶
    Meanwhile Dolph Lundgren has an actual MA in Chemical Engineering. It's a pity we can't get him to do something like this in earnest to teach engineering concepts.
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    2. leeoniya ◴[17 Nov 25 00:41 UTC] No.45949895[source]▶
    and Mayim Bialik holds a neuroscience PhD
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    3. ◴[17 Nov 25 01:04 UTC] No.45949995[source]▶
    4. master_crab ◴[17 Nov 25 01:13 UTC] No.45950030[source]▶
    And sadly a bit of a loon about vaccines and supplements.
    5. skopje ◴[17 Nov 25 01:32 UTC] No.45950111[source]▶
    MA is master of art according to google. MSc seems right.
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    6. andrehacker ◴[17 Nov 25 01:38 UTC] No.45950134[source]▶
    Brian May (Queen) has a PhD degree in astrophysics :)
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    7. dmd ◴[17 Nov 25 01:41 UTC] No.45950146[source]▶
    Many (most, in the US; don't know about Sweden or Australia) institutions don't draw a distinction between the two and award MA regardless.
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    8. DrewADesign ◴[17 Nov 25 02:50 UTC] No.45950456[source]▶
    Tom Scholz, the guitarist for Boston with a masters in MechE from MIT, built his own effects, and much of his own recording equipment.
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    9. Guestmodinfo ◴[17 Nov 25 02:52 UTC] No.45950464[source]▶
    From Wikipedia "...Lundgren received a degree in chemical engineering from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in the early 1980s and a master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney in 1982...."

    Excerpt from https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/remarkable-rise-dolph-lundgren/ "....As a result, he was awarded a full ride to the world-renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Fulbright Scholar..."

    The above Wikipedia article says Dolph quit studying at MIT after two weeks for acting career.

    10. kazinator ◴[17 Nov 25 02:56 UTC] No.45950480{3}[source]▶
    The guitars on Def Leppard's Hysteria [1987] were supposedly direct recorded using a Rockman.
    11. kQq9oHeAz6wLLS ◴[17 Nov 25 03:13 UTC] No.45950566{3}[source]▶
    The story of getting their first album made is epic
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    12. skopje ◴[17 Nov 25 03:23 UTC] No.45950606{3}[source]▶
    did not know!
    13. mek6800d2 ◴[17 Nov 25 05:11 UTC] No.45950989{3}[source]▶
    I still remember a very interesting article about him in the Electronic Engineering Times back in 1998: "Boston's Scholz Engineers a Rock Dynasty"

    https://web.archive.org/web/19990224204558/http://www.eetime...

    "Wherever there's a microprocessor, there's trouble."

    14. tombert ◴[17 Nov 25 07:58 UTC] No.45951665[source]▶
    Greg Graffin, lead singer for punk rock band Bad Religion, has a PhD in zoology [1] and is a frequent university lecturer.

    [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Graffin

    15. Cosi1125 ◴[17 Nov 25 08:49 UTC] No.45951913[source]▶
    Dexter Holland (The Offspring) has a PhD in molecular biology [1].

    [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Holland#Science

    16. arethuza ◴[17 Nov 25 11:09 UTC] No.45952576{3}[source]▶
    Some universities simply give you an MA a few years after getting a BA without you having to do anything additional.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Arts_(Oxford,_Cambri...

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    17. razakel ◴[17 Nov 25 11:38 UTC] No.45952745{4}[source]▶
    You do have to manage to not go to prison, though.
    18. Cthulhu_ ◴[17 Nov 25 13:42 UTC] No.45953469[source]▶
    Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden is (was?) a fully qualified pilot and flew the band's 747 around the world
    19. HanClinto ◴[17 Nov 25 16:22 UTC] No.45955047{4}[source]▶
    Link to a recommended write-up?