That is how much power people give those with a ph.d. unless people can learn to think for themselves.
I have a PhD (in chemistry, not biology) and I still have to pay $0.89 for a Hershey Bar at the 7-11 just like you do. Nobody listens to me at all except when I suggest how they should acidize their oil well - and that has almost nothing to do with any of my chemistry education. Power. I'd like some, I guess, but this AIN'T WORKIN'!!