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[Tainan]

I name all of mine....makes it more like having pets. But it tuff trying to teach them tricks.

[Gorzaloon]

What’s sad is that otherwise INTELLIGENT people don’t take the time to INVESTIGATE seriously what they THINK they are talking about, and they assume, lie, make up, obfuscate or simply take the word (wrongly) of others who did those things.

I have noticed there is a derangement that seems to be an omniscience delusion. A person who is an undisputed expert in a certain field is given so much credibility, even adoration, that they begin to pompously lecture about realated fields in which they know little. Since their audience also is from the same narrow specialty, they believe him, supporting and reinforcing the delusion.

For example, a person in an autobody shop is the best "shooter" in the state. His cars win concourses. His adoring fans ask questions all the time.

After some time, he begins to lecture on viscosimetry and polymer chemistry.

Another example is the chiropractor, a good one, who someday believes he can treat cancer. Followers pay him.

Another example is a Marine Biologist who wrote a book about archaeology.

They are generally wrong.

[Rick.Donaldson]

I don’t know that they are “generally wrong” unless the subject is well out of their field and they jump right in without any study. My “field” is physics, particularly radio theory. I’ve got a LOT of years invested in the subject, and it has been a jump off into many other fields... including radio astronomy, and many other sciences.

I wouldn’t “do a lecture” on something I know nothing about though - UNLESS I had plenty of time to do some background. I spent several years as a college teacher, instructing basic electronics, advanced theory, digital theory and even “humanities” classes.

A good teacher and teach ANYTHING without knowing all there is to know about the subject.

So, defacto experts on a subject, for instances your car fella probably is the guy to go to about engines, or body styles, whereas I wouldn’t even broach the subject. I drive a Jeep. I will probably ALWAYS drive a Jeep (I’ve had several types of vehicles, but, I found that the Jeep is best for me, where I live, what I do, and it’s all all-around-great vehicle for any weather...). I can change oil, plugs and wires, and do some basic engine work. I can do electrical work on a car. I DONT though, I let someone else do it, because I’d rather pay to have it done correctly than to assume I did it right and find out at the wrong time, I didn’t do it right! LOL!

So... I wouldn’t make a broadbrush though on everyone that branches out into other fields, because in my case, while I am NOT an expert on each of my hobbies, I can and do talk to professionals on the subjects all the time (Things that include astronomy, radio astronomy, meteorology and storm chasing, bows and arrows (especially privative stuff), shooting, and many other things. haha).

Then there is a difference in some of the pseudo-experts that you mentioned and real researchers... REAL Researchers actually take the time to read up on the subject, and get all the information, good and bad, shift through it and then understand it.

Instead we’ve got folks that come up with a kind of hypochondriac-method of becoming experts. Don’t take ALL information into account, only the part that FITS the disease (or theory or idea) and go with that.

[SunkenCiv]

Only 51?