I do not profess to be an expert in anything but I do know a lot about chiropractic. There are genuine experts who truly know everything knowable in a narrow area. I do have a problem, however, when I am listening to an "expert" and discover I probably know as much or more than they do. That's not a claim for my intelligence but a questioning of theirs.
An example are the brokers who pretend to have the knowledge and ability to make you rich. Duh. Are you rich and if you are, is it just from my fees? There are people all over TV who want to sell me gold. "It has never been worth zero". Buy it and hoard it yourself if it's that great, even if you have to borrow a devalued dollar to do it. I need someone to explain why gold is valuable. I'm certain that if there were no gold, the planet would survive. I'm equally certain that you can't eat it or buy anything with it if there is nothing to buy. I am rarer than gold. How much am I worth an ounce? Don't answer that.
The most annoying are the talking heads on television. They are so smug in their all-knowing attitude and when they open their mouths, I hear "HEE-HAW". I wouldn't mind if they were just having a conversation but these people are getting paid and I'm envious. I wish someone would invent a soft brick I could throw at the screen. These people are rude to each other, don't know what "conversation" means and don't have much of interest to say. I wish the hosts would control the microphones so only the speaker can be heard.
Medical experts are so expert at qualifying everything they do or prescribe that when they are finished, we're not certain what it is they are qualifying. What ever became of "Do no harm"?.
We need experts but whenever one is presented as one, the presenter should be sure he/she is.
An example are the brokers who pretend to have the knowledge and ability to make you rich. Duh. Are you rich and if you are, is it just from my fees? There are people all over TV who want to sell me gold. "It has never been worth zero". Buy it and hoard it yourself if it's that great, even if you have to borrow a devalued dollar to do it. I need someone to explain why gold is valuable. I'm certain that if there were no gold, the planet would survive. I'm equally certain that you can't eat it or buy anything with it if there is nothing to buy. I am rarer than gold. How much am I worth an ounce? Don't answer that.
The most annoying are the talking heads on television. They are so smug in their all-knowing attitude and when they open their mouths, I hear "HEE-HAW". I wouldn't mind if they were just having a conversation but these people are getting paid and I'm envious. I wish someone would invent a soft brick I could throw at the screen. These people are rude to each other, don't know what "conversation" means and don't have much of interest to say. I wish the hosts would control the microphones so only the speaker can be heard.
Medical experts are so expert at qualifying everything they do or prescribe that when they are finished, we're not certain what it is they are qualifying. What ever became of "Do no harm"?.
We need experts but whenever one is presented as one, the presenter should be sure he/she is.
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