@Air_Quotes_Comedian I suppose not, but then lay people are like "oh you think you're some kind of expert" and I'm not "no" but then a lot of the supposed experts because they're so specialized overly have an overly narrow view of things, to the point of being totally ignorant of related fields. Big problem in social science actually, like between economics, sociology and anthropology, these are all made up of competing schools of thought, and the different fields rarely communicate which means different "sciences" often have radically different views of the same exact topic.Imo you don't have to be an expert to discuss a topic, the basic principles of emperical reasoning should be enough to discuss problems of general importance, and if you do have some expert insight you should be able to have share your knowledge in a way normal people can understand,
It's even worse in tech tho, because ya know, you have totally fake job titles made up by VC startups, like the criterea for calling oneself a 'software engineer' is far lower than that of an actual engineer who must have a fundamental understanding of physics and mathematics.
Some mofos just call themselves "experts' without any reference to a degree or anything "forieng policy expert","security expert" that's even a thing lmao stfu, they don't issue degrees for "experts" in any reputable university, maybe you're knowledgeble, but they'll just be like "Uh i'm an expert shut up and listen to me"