CatmanV2
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These people are ultracrepidarians (wonderful word).
I'd suggest this is not the correct reaction. No one should be expected to be an expert at everything (Old Chinese (sorry) saying: The secret to appearing wise is knowing what you're stupid at) If it's a topic you don't know, go to a prima facie source and validate.
As you rightly point out, sadly many think YouTube is prima facie. And that all the internet carries the same weight (but that's because the've not got their head around point 1) and there's a general mistrust directed at people that know more than we do when that knowledge contradicts our world view (cf. Cognitive dissonance).
That's got an odd knock on that there then is a growing view that anything we don't understand (or think we understand) is to be mistrusted *except when it does not trigger cognitive dissonance. There are really good evolutionary reasons for this but sadly not terribly helpful in this age of social media.
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That’s brilliant.
Although, it’s made me feel rather stupid
These people are ultracrepidarians (wonderful word).
I'd suggest this is not the correct reaction. No one should be expected to be an expert at everything (Old Chinese (sorry) saying: The secret to appearing wise is knowing what you're stupid at) If it's a topic you don't know, go to a prima facie source and validate.
As you rightly point out, sadly many think YouTube is prima facie. And that all the internet carries the same weight (but that's because the've not got their head around point 1) and there's a general mistrust directed at people that know more than we do when that knowledge contradicts our world view (cf. Cognitive dissonance).
That's got an odd knock on that there then is a growing view that anything we don't understand (or think we understand) is to be mistrusted *except when it does not trigger cognitive dissonance. There are really good evolutionary reasons for this but sadly not terribly helpful in this age of social media.
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