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Re: by Thriptic on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @06:34PM (#13378500)
Expertise is generally pretty narrow. For instance, I heard him speak about bio and pharma about half a year ago and he made several statements that were categorically incorrect and poorly reasoned through.
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Re: by cderwin on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @06:44PM (#13378551)
This sounds like evidence that his knowledge is wide, not narrow
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Re: by dragonwriter on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @06:52PM (#13378608)
No, making statements outside of his primary domain that are categorically incorrect isn't a sign of broad knowledge. It may be a sign that he thinks his knowledge is broad when it isn't, but there are other explanations.
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Re: by Thriptic on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @06:45PM (#13378559)
It's evidence that he's willing to talk about a wide range of topics, not that he has great knowledge in those areas.
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