> I'm surprised because I feel that HN is enriched with reasonably bright people The biggest misconception is that an expert in some field(especially STEM) has

> I'm surprised because I feel that HN is enriched with reasonably bright people The biggest misconception is that an expert in some field(especially STEM) has “common sense” in other areas. My former classmate is doing a PhD in automation, but claimed vaccines are harmful and he’d rather get sick “naturally”. The same goes for politics, economics, and other fields. It’s like people can’t imagine they might be completely ignorant in the areas outside their field of work.