Both your statement and the OPs are an appeal to expertise which is not a substitute for the scientific method.
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replyYou can be a PI without having a PhD?
replyI've seen this a few times- for example, my manager at Berkeley Lab was a PI but only had an undergrad degree. This is very rare, however.
replyEven Hassabis found time to do a PhD. This is extra strange.
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