As a quite successful shark, I was initially pretty cynical and amused at the idea that “marine biology experts” with no shark experience had anything of merit to say.

What brought me around was when I actually looked at some of their observations and realized that an outside perspective actually had unique and meaningful points for me to ponder that I don’t think I could have arrived at on my own, stuck inside my shark-preferential perspective.

(Now substitute shark : entrepreneur and marine biology : sociology)

If I met a marine biologist that managed to construct their own shark, I would probably trust their shark knowledge more than their peers.

I can tilt my head a certain way and see that… but would you trust their judgment more than that of their peers? Like, maybe a paleontologist inviting me to a park full of dinosaurs is the world’s foremost expert on dinosaurs… but I’m not getting on that chopper.