Re: [tlug] What would happen to the Internet if the US fell off the map

[Dave M G <dave@example.com>]

Josh, Steve,

Thanks for responding.

> > Manifest to other experts, yes.  But the value in expertise is
> > precisely that the expert can make valid statements that non-experts
> > can't evaluate with a reasonable amount of effort.
> >     
Well yes, but that doesn't mean that non-experts should never expect to 
attempt an evaluation or seek further clarification.

Otherwise, if experts aren't prepared to defend their statements, all 
sorts of silliness can occur. Consider that you can go down to the Pink 
Cow in Shibuya once a month and get astrological readings from a person 
with a PhD. I don't care if they had a Nobel prize... no credential is 
going to convince me of astrology.

As for the whole video editing situation, I only ever brought up my 
credentials as a video editor as a rebuttal to the declaration that 
because I found Linux video editing tools unsatisfactory, then I must 
*therefor* not be skilled in video editing.

But outside of that, anything I say about anything will _come out_ of my 
level of expertise on that matter, not _rest on_ it. I basically think 
anyone with any kind of expertise or credential can and should do the same.

Otherwise we might as well ask someone to read the stars for what to do 
next.

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Dave M G
http://www.tlug.jp/wiki/User:Dave_M_G