Quote History Quoted:Thats almost every PhD I’ve ever interacted with, though.
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He fancies himself a genius on all subjects because he gained attention for being well spoken in one subject. When you actual hear him speak on anything out of his lane, he's actually a complete dumbass and he talks down to anyone who disagrees with him, because you know, he's a scientist who knows all.
Thats almost every PhD I’ve ever interacted with, though.
The spillover fallacy of expertise.
It’s especially common in those with expertise in fields not really put to the test.
It’s hard for, say, some brilliant vascular surgeon to be blind to the fact they know virtually nothing about gynecological oncology. Or a theoretical physicist not to realize he needs to talk to an electrical engineer and a materials scientist to see if an experiment is possible to set up.
The guy with a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology or a Doctor of Chiropractics degree aren’t really hitting any hard stops.
Arrogance or Narcissism can still drive the train some though.
The corollary is, we have somehow come to a society where the majority seem to think that someone that is “book smart” or highly educated “ain’t got no common sense.” and can’t do basic stuff.
And yet I have seen physicists, surgeons, engineers, etc. that can run out to their garage or shop or barn and make a nice cabinet, rebuild a carburetor, jump a rheostat, bypass a seat belt alarm, solder in relays, weld, use a plasma cutter, run a chainsaw, replace a starter, time a distributor, machine a part, shoe a horse, help birth a calf, butcher a deer, etc.