> The moment you finally meet someone interested in discussing one of these things, its going to be immediately apparent the basis of your knowledge is a brief

> The moment you finally meet someone interested in discussing one of these things, its going to be immediately apparent the basis of your knowledge is a brief article/book or a weekend watching videos on youtube. no one is saying one should read a short intro and pretend to be all-knowing - they're for breadth not depth. not very many people are such assholes that they'll be upset at someone for being passingly familiar with something they're expert in - if both people are good conversationalists a productive conversation can still be had (wherein the expert explains and the listener, since they've already been introduced to the basic terms, listens in an engaged way).