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> What does it take to be one?

Not covering up the scientific questions raised by the FDA, for example, and stop pretending that all is fine in the best of the worlds.

A scientist should have scientific integrity above else, and admit they are wrong unless they can prove without doubt what they are claiming to be true.

There are a lot of non-scientist scientists out there :/

Scientists (0) do research, (1) publish their results, (2) train future generations of scientists, (3) offer an informed point of view about the impact of decisions that affect society as a whole.

Only "official" per MW, but,

> a person who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences.

Would she be able to test out of all her BA requirements from Stanford with what she's learned?

She might test out of all the BS requirements.

She might be able to liquidate some of her founder's stock, donate it to a university, and get an honorary PhD :-)

Why is the bar a B. Sc.? What about a person who got their BS 50 years ago and can't test today due to increased curriculum difficulty and significantly different material? Did they become non-scientists at some point?