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100% the objective is get the most out of experts given the opportunity. Its completely unreasonable to be an expert in everything. But it can be difficult to e
by laxatives 9y ago
100% the objective is get the most out of experts given the opportunity. Its completely unreasonable to be an expert in everything. But it can be difficult to engage an expert if they aren't there to talk shop. Having the right framework to even phrase a meaningful question often requires quite a bit of context and prerequisite knowledge. If someone tried to strike a conversation with me with vague, malformed ideas and buzzwords, I may respond with a semi-scripted answer because I don't know this person and I'm not going to assume their background is the same as mine.
Its completely unfair, but the way that first question is framed, depending on that field, can demonstrate whether this individual is "in the club" and has sufficient information to carry this conversation beyond the most superficial layer. It would be nice have that fluency in many subjects, but browsing wikipedia is certainly not the way to go about obtaining it.