Re: Early Americans

On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 02:10:11 -0500, kenney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>In article <newscache$ur2cji$mz$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, jmb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>(JMB) wrote:
>
>> the key difference is that when
>> a qualified person moves outside his/her area of expertise, they
>> are not qualified in that area, and cannot be used as an "appeal to
>> authority".
>
> In fact they are more likely to be wrong than someone who is not
>qualified. It has been pointed out at various times that people who
>are expert in one subject tend to be more easily fooled when it comes
>to other subjects, due possibly to an unconscious belief that because
>they are experts they are experts in everything.
>

In fact, an argument for that very view point has been posted by a
highly qualified prolific poster in this news group within (about) the
last year.



Eric Stevens

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