Expertise in one field does not confer competence in all fields.
By
D'Archangel
on February 25, 2007
No matter what the Discovery Institute might claim.
Thus: Lawyers are not evolutionary biologists. Physicists are not evolutionary biologists. Brain surgeons are not evolutionary biologists.
Getting away from DI stupidity for a second, lawyers aren't plumbers, programmers aren't lawyers, and film directors aren't game designers.
D'A
[NB: The claim is correctly parsed as ~(Lawyer => Plumber), not Laywer => ~Plumber . That would be stupid.]
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I can see some validity in the argument that some fields do tend to suggest more overall intelligence, but that's really a stretch.
*sigh* That'll learn me. Yes, the two logical expressions in the note are equivalent. No, I hadn't done the algebra to realize this until after posting.
D'A
I find MDs to be the worst at offering advice on topics they have not had any special professional training in, particularly nutrition, breastfeeding, childrearing methods, or childhood education, among other things.
I can see reasons for why they might do it (general practitioners do a lot of screening of cases and see a broad variety of folks who might not have access to other experts). Still that doesn't make the professional poaching and arrogation or presumption of "expertise" any less irritating.