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Are you being serious right now? Have you tallied the number of times you've outsmarted someone of another profession. Maybe you know more than you think you do

• wolverine876 3y ago
  There's a strong bias toward confirmation. First, they fully expect it and are looking for it. Most of all, the actual professional - like any professional - has learned that it's unproductive to debate or educate the patient/customer; you just let them think they're smart and work around it. It's not your job to teach them the error of their ways, but to get your work done. In IT, I've had plenty of clients tell me the most ludicrous nonsense. You just work around it; IT is your job, not theirs; don't humiliate them. Be respectful to people; they have hard days too.
• umvi 3y ago
  That's true, I haven't counted all the times the mechanic or doctor did their job well. I just tend to remember the times where they didn't do their job well. For example, my daughter had a rash, the doctor says to just put moisturizer on it. Doesn't seem to help so I research it for a few hours on google and conclude it's shingles. The doctor scoffs at my suggestion saying my daughter is way too young to have shingles and says to just continue with the moisturizer. We take her to a second doctor who confirms it's shingles. So yes, I would admit my anecdotes are probably a form of survivorship bias and I'm letting a few incompetent doctors and mechanics taint the ability of their peers.