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This is exactly how most on this website sound to be honest--people who got good enough in their field to convince themselves that they can speak authoritativel
by km144 2y ago
This is exactly how most on this website sound to be honest--people who got good enough in their field to convince themselves that they can speak authoritatively on some unrelated complex topic.
- squigz 2y agoWhich is strange, because one might expect that as someone gains expert knowledge in a particular field, they would recognize that most fields are similarly complex, require just as much nuanced knowledge as their own, and would not try to speak authoritatively on it.
- sanderjd 2y agoAnd yet, this turns out to be not really how the human psyche works! It is useful to keep this in mind, and to be reminded of it.