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Qualified experts of Lemmy, do people believe you when you answer questions in your field? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by essell to c/asklemmy

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The internet has made a lot of people armchair experts happy to offer their perspective with a degree of certainty, without doing the work to identify gaps in their knowledge. Often the mark of genuine expertise is knowing the limitations of your knowledge.

This isn't a social media thing exclusively of course, I've met it in the real world too.

When I worked as a repair technician, members of the public would ask me for my diagnosis of faults and then debate them with me.

I've dedicated the second half of my life to understanding people and how they work, in this field it's even worse because everyone has opinions on that topic!

And yet my friend who has a physics PhD doesn't endure people explaining why his theories about battery tech are incorrect because of an article they read or an anecdote from someone's past.

So I'm curious, do some fields experience this more than others?

If you have a field of expertise do you find people love to debate you without taking into account the gulf of awareness, skills and knowledge?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not an expert on shit, but... My rule of thumb is to not believe anything, from anyone, in a social media context. Anyone can say they're whatever; I can't verify if that is the truth though. And I also cannot verify if those who verify others are trustworthy. The only way you can prove you are who you say you are is to doxx yourself.

[–] essell 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You can always checkout their point, information or perspective via other sources. Doesn't have to be about the person posting. Personally, I'd rather it wasn't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well yeah... You do all that because you don't necessarily believe the person who gave you the info.

[–] essell 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Who me?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The royal "you."

[–] essell 2 points 6 months ago

I've never been royalty before. Flattered!