If I was Kent, I'd keep quiet about the 'ph.d'
You are't Kent and he isn't playing to you or to the university or high tech crowd. He knows what his audience wants to hear and what they understand and he has no compunctions about lying and putting on a good show, and his audience eats it up. He is telling them what they want to hear and they shell out there hard earned money for this stuff and come back for more.
At PT Barnum said about suckers, "There's one born every minute!". Sad but true.
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