> What's to stop you dismissing him by dividing it up even more if it turns out he's actually studied the right area? I would think my reasonableness would sto

> What's to stop you dismissing him by dividing it up even more if it turns out he's actually studied the right area? I would think my reasonableness would stop me in that case, but there's not much I can offer you when you've already assumed otherwise. And to be extremely clear: I was merely responding to the metric/reasoning used in the parent comment, not making any claims about the author's qualifications in particular. It would've applied to anybody, whether Einstein or just a random dude. Even for Einstein, you don't say "I know Einstein was an expert because he went to grad school", you say (for example) "I know Einstein was an expert in mechanics because he came up with relativity, an expert in electromagnetism because he explained the photoelectric effect, etc." That was my point, is all.