What about a masters in engineering and a bachelor’s in chemistry makes him even double more qualified? Yeah, maybe if he had a doctorate you could make that argument, but you could easily learn and do as much science work in 6 years outside of a university than you would in a BS and MS program at a university.
Looking at your gear from 2 hobbies ago like, “man, I really need to get out and do [thing] again… Maybe I need to buy some new gear.”