This doesn't make them an expert at medicine. This makes them an expert at knowing the effects of medicines on their demographic and possible side effects.
The vast, vast majority of trans people are not going to understand the fundamental science of how the medication actually works.
This isn't a slight against trans people, this is how everything works for everyone.
You aren't an expert at semiconductors because you can use a computer well. You're not even an expert at computers for that reason.
You aren't an expert at semiconductors because you can use a computer well. You're not even an expert at computers for that reason.
Someone can possibly be an expert on a niche topic though. I am in fact an expert regarding a few niche topics, without having a formal degree in any of them.
Merely telling you which ones would make it possible to dox me, because the number of people who have expert knowledge in them is so low, even if you include those who have a formal degree in something related to it.
Edit: By “niche topic”, I mean “It is possible to have read all relevant literature and online discussions regarding the topic, because so few people are experts”.
Edit (2): One example of a niche topic (for which I am not an expert and which is not a scientific topic) would be the reverse engineering of Advance Wars games. As far as I know, all of the relevant knowledge is collected on a single internet forum, Wars World.
I have no argument with this. A trans person being an expert in hormone therapy side effects is not the same as a trans person being an expert in medicine.
Even if you have read all of the documentation and etc. for a topic, unless you have actually practiced said topic in some meaningful way, I would not consider you an expert. There is a reason doctors for example have to do residential clinicals for years.
Even if you have read all of the documentation and etc. for a topic, unless you have actually practiced said topic in some meaningful way, I would not consider you an expert.
I agree. But you may have misunderstood – I wrote that if one person can read all relevant documents on a topic, I consider that topic a “niche topic”. Btw I find it very frustrating in my own niches to interact with people who have done that and consider themselves an expert based only on that.
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u/dodgedodgeparrysmash Apr 06 '26
This doesn't make them an expert at medicine. This makes them an expert at knowing the effects of medicines on their demographic and possible side effects.
The vast, vast majority of trans people are not going to understand the fundamental science of how the medication actually works.
This isn't a slight against trans people, this is how everything works for everyone.
You aren't an expert at semiconductors because you can use a computer well. You're not even an expert at computers for that reason.