...is full of rather ignorant people who see themselves as "very smart" and therefore foolishly talk like they are an expert or near-expert in any area, especially after they've spent a half-hour reading Wikipedia or read some popular-audience book.
IMHO, it's generally the best policy to assume that an expert or conventional wisdom in another field is more correct than whatever "fatal flaw" you can think of in 30 seconds to form an internet comment. The main caveat to that is when political or ideological conflict is at play, no one should feel they need to defer to an expert's ideology or favored political policy choices.
...is full of rather ignorant people who see themselves as "very smart" and therefore foolishly talk like they are an expert or near-expert in any area, especially after they've spent a half-hour reading Wikipedia or read some popular-audience book.
IMHO, it's generally the best policy to assume that an expert or conventional wisdom in another field is more correct than whatever "fatal flaw" you can think of in 30 seconds to form an internet comment. The main caveat to that is when political or ideological conflict is at play, no one should feel they need to defer to an expert's ideology or favored political policy choices.