If your Honda Civic had a problem, would you take it to a physics professor who teaches thermodynamics or your local shop that has fixed thousands of cars with the exact same issue?
Also on the flip side, a non degreed technician fixes your car, not a 15 year degree.
Basically that's a false equivalence
Only Atler is a medical doctor. Houghton and Rice are researchers with PhDs. They can't practice medicine anywhere.