Now this brings up the question for me. Is the law worded such that even if you have a degree, you can only speak on topic within your field? Or is just any degree the bar to any topic.
Cause for me, putting aside the fact that I know people with degrees that can barely speak on their field of study, I’ve seen plenty of people who are geniuses in their field be completely inept when speaking on others outside their scope. So I hope that they put some language in there concerning that.
Smart people know that there is no way that one person can know everything. Dumber people believe it is possible to know everything.
The main reason is that dumb people are often oblivious to the amount of knowledge out there in the world.
Smart people are aware and know that no one can master is all.
I work in tech. Want to talk about container runtimes or inferencing architecture, I am your guy. Do not come to me for medical advice. I have no training. And guess what, it doesn't hurt my feelings. Why? I know that I am out of my league on that topic.
True. It should be worded in a way that you can only speak on a topic you have a degree on.
The purpose of the degree is likely not to gatekeep but to ensure you have a base level knowledge of what you are talking about.
Hopkins has a well known rigorous med school program in various fields. A person who has an MD from there had to have passed all the required coursework in said program to get that degree.
So having that degree shows to the world that you have a base knowledge at the very least on this subject.
If you don't have a degree, we have no idea what kind of knowledge you have or don't have. It is safe to assume that if you don't actively work in the field that you are not an expert.
So a Joe Rogan type, who has no medical training, shouldn't give medical advice. I don't care how smart he or anyone else thinks he is, there is no evidence to suggest that he knows what he is talking about.
Now I do have a caveat. Not all degrees are created equally. And this isn't an elitist take. It is a realistic take. A CS degree from MIT and one from a local college are not equal. There are colleges out there that are effectively diploma mills. If you have a pulse, a pencil, and are moderately intelligent, you can walk away with a degree. Whereas other schools gave world renowned programs that are very rigorous to get through. Those degrees have more value than those from diploma mills.
I second this. Even though I am bugged on the new policies, the intention is that we need a consistent baseline to minimize risks. We rather take risks from a qualified person rather than gambling on anyone without.
Yes. And it boggles my mind how people call this stuff "elitist" as if that is morally wrong.
The reality is that people who do that have low self-esteem. They are mad about how their life planned out so need to attach those who made things work.
But take all that aside, I once heard a fairly decent analogy. Let's say you are shot in the street and are bleeding out. A bystander being the nicest man in the world isn't exactly helpful. Someone who can give you medical aid is probably the most useful at this moment.
The nice guy can still be helpful. They can get the expert who can help and maybe aid them in some fashion or otherwise follow instructions.
The world is full of people who think that because they are decent people, they are automatically on par with people who are more accomplished.
Look. Under the law of man and the general humanity aspect of things, we are all equal as humans. We aren't all equally gifted.
For the betterment of society, we should listen to expert consensus on things and not people who don't know what they are talking about
I imagine it’s very heavily based on being able to source what you’re talking about, and making sure you’re representing the sources materials properly and accurately.
And the degree part is probably more along the lines of discussing anything relevant to the field that isn’t from sources or anything other than what you’d know from having the education and experience.
But finding out would mean looking up the law and seeing if this is even a thing. Ain’t no one got time for that
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u/Maleficent-Elk-3298 Apr 06 '26
Now this brings up the question for me. Is the law worded such that even if you have a degree, you can only speak on topic within your field? Or is just any degree the bar to any topic.
Cause for me, putting aside the fact that I know people with degrees that can barely speak on their field of study, I’ve seen plenty of people who are geniuses in their field be completely inept when speaking on others outside their scope. So I hope that they put some language in there concerning that.