Self Appointed Experts

[rebeccajo 14]

Can you be an expert on, say, a certain area of the country if you haven't lived there?

On a certain occupation if you've never worked in it?

On the 'norms' of a certain culture if you've never experienced them, or visited that country?

[Ban Hammer 13,111]

sure, just look around ot. add into that experts on the military and guns.

[almaty 19]

i agree..this place is full of experts.....and allot fo them, just left their parents basements, when they got married to their immigrant spouse

[HAL 9000 96]

[Sister Fracas 5]

*wonders who Rebecca means* hehehe

I'm an expert on ME, even though numerous people will claim they know me and "my kind" all the time.

Edited May 14, 2008 by Sister Fracas

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

If I don't appoint myself expert, who will?

[DeadPoolX 9]

I really want to know what a "pert" is and just how many people formally held those positions in order to be called "ex-perts."

[almaty 19]

If I don't appoint myself expert, who will?

note to brother arijit...see my post about crawling out of your parents' basement

[SMOKE 1,426]

If I don't appoint myself expert, who will?

i will coz you are masterful in your trolling.

I official appoint VJ Troll an expept on stirring the pot and pi$$in people off.

i don't think anyone will disagree.

[TayRivers 4]

EX = Has Been

Pert = Drip under pressure

EXPERT = HAS BEEN DRIP!!!!!!!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

You don't have to be an expert to have an opinion - nor does the having of an opinion make a person an expert on a given subject.

Even if you work in an area (including the military, or law enforcement) that experience doesn't preclude a person from being bad at it, having an open-minded - or otherwise generally lacking in common sense.

[DeadPoolX 9]

You don't have to be an expert to have an opinion - nor does the having of an opinion make a person an expert on a given subject.

Even if you work in an area (including the military, or law enforcement) that experience doesn't preclude a person from being bad at it, having an open-minded - or otherwise generally lacking in common sense.

I agree. But I think issues sometimes arise when non-experts (i.e. amateurs) decide they know as much or even more than those who do whatever they're currently talking about for a living.

Take the military for example. I have never been in any branch of the armed forces, but I do know a lot about military history, weaponry and vehicles. Does that mean I'm as qualified to make a military-oriented decision as a professional soldier? No, of course not. Knowing about something or how to do it does not in any way equate with being able to do it.

Technically speaking, I know how to fly an airplane. I probably have more knowledge about aircraft and flight than most beginner pilots (and maybe even a few veteran ones). None of that means I could actually fly a plane, since I lack the necessary flight education and training to do so.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

You don't have to be an expert to have an opinion.

That's pretty obvious. More so to some than others, apparently.

[mawilson 2,133]

*wonders who Rebecca means* hehehe

I'm an expert on ME, even though numerous people will claim they know me and "my kind" all the time.

Just ME? Or ME/NA?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

You don't have to be an expert to have an opinion - nor does the having of an opinion make a person an expert on a given subject.

Even if you work in an area (including the military, or law enforcement) that experience doesn't preclude a person from being bad at it, having an open-minded - or otherwise generally lacking in common sense.

I agree. But I think issues sometimes arise when non-experts (i.e. amateurs) decide they know as much or even more than those who do whatever they're currently talking about for a living.

Take the military for example. I have never been in any branch of the armed forces, but I do know a lot about military history, weaponry and vehicles. Does that mean I'm as qualified to make a military-oriented decision as a professional soldier? No, of course not. Knowing about something or how to do it does not in any way equate with being able to do it.

Technically speaking, I know how to fly an airplane. I probably have more knowledge about aircraft and flight than most beginner pilots (and maybe even a few veteran ones). None of that means I could actually fly a plane, since I lack the necessary flight education and training to do so.

I'm not sure these threads get down to that level of specificity, to be honest.

Only examples I can think of offhand is the tasering incident in the college last year where people were actually defending what looked to most people on video like shocking police brutality. I don't care whether someone works in the police force or not, they're not going to convince me that its justifiable.

There was also the thread from last year about the British sailors who were captured by the Iranians - who should have (apparently) fought their way out of the situation, rather than allow themselves to be taken. You don't have to be in the military to find that reasoning rather suspect.