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Re:Chemicals called PFAS and PFOS are in the blood of virtua... by batty_alex on Monday December 28, 2020 @08:18AM (#25558961)
> When weighing people's opinions, expertise should be rewarded but commitment should be penalized.

This is straight paranoia, unless you plan on only talking to people about their job or topics that don’t interest them.

You’re clearly too committed to your opinion here.

> There is a period of time when someone is already an expert but not yet committed to any particular belief.

Experts without opinions? It sounds like you’re just talking about a toaster. Toasters have no opinions about you when you set the shade to dark, like a monster

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Re:Chemicals called PFAS and PFOS are in the blood of virtua... by wolco2 on Monday December 28, 2020 @08:42AM (#25559100)
A real expert goes so far into their craft that when they emerge the very foundations of what they understand is less sure and more unknown.

Experts who have strong unchanging opinions are really former experts pretending some point in the past is frozen.

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Re:Chemicals called PFAS and PFOS are in the blood of virtua... by batty_alex on Monday December 28, 2020 @09:34AM (#25559447)
Be fair, I’m not suggesting that experts don’t change their opinions. In fact, just like you say, that’s a sign that someone has stopped learning.

I’m suggesting that hand-waving away information because someone has some strong opinions is silly. I don’t believe someone would ever dive into something that deep if they didn’t have some commitment to some opinion about their area of expertise

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