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I think there's an important distinction of smug better-knowing instances. "I have unique insight as a non-expert that all experts miss and the entire field is
by bonoboTP 7mo ago
I think there's an important distinction of smug better-knowing instances.
"I have unique insight as a non-expert that all experts miss and the entire field is blind to" -> usually nonsense
"I think in this specific instance academically qualified people are missing something that's obvious to me" -> often true.
- timr 7mo agoThere’s also the possibility that some of us actually, you know…have subject-matter expertise.
- refulgentis 7mo agoDoubtful, in your case, no? "Nanomolar" is a dissolved-species concentration unit. It doesn't apply to spectroscopic particle counting.
- timr 7mo agoUh, yeah. I know what the word means. See my response to the other comment where you say the same thing.
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