The experts thread

[Diver]

www.datemymates.co.uk

This group's active leader is jonathan

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Ah! leader of the pack eh!

So How about some free and easy chick Phone numbers ?

[OwlHoot]

This group's active leader is jonathan

.. Average Size : 3"

So Jonathan is in charge of a group of cub scouts?

Dib dib dib!

[realityhack]

Oh that's absolutely priceless!

It's him as well... great find Diver.

Very moody, pouty pose on your myspace profile photo too Jonathan, nice composition, I can see you're good with colours.

[Board Game Geek]

um...dunno.

[Diver]

um...dunno.

Speechless BGG

[Board Game Geek]

Well, I was trying to think what subject(s) I could consider myself an expert upon.

Then I started to wonder what exactly defines an expert, and how many degrees of knowledge do you need to possess to be considered an expert in a particular subject.

It gets even trickier when you begin to consider that degrees of knowledge fluctuate even within a given subject, eg, I could be really good at maths, but poor at algebrae, yet algebra is a maths subject. Therefore would that justify someone as being an expert, even if some of the associated knowledge was below par ?

Then I wondered about acquired knowledge as opposed to academical knowledge, and whether levels of either was required to be classified "an expert".

And then, consider this. I don't consider myself an expert on Board Games. I would consider someone who has played every board game invented, written multiple books and designed their own board games as someone approaching expert level.

Yet, compared to a Kalahari tribesman, who has never played a board game, I would be an expert on boardgames, because I have over 100 now. So, you see, "expert" is a fairly meaningless term, since it is so contextual.

And then I thought...flip it.

I know what I know, and I know what I don't know, and that's good enough for me.

....Of course, there are some things that I know I don't know I know, and some things that I know but don't know I know well, or know but don't want to know so..pffff.

[NickFitz]

www.datemymates.co.uk

Interesting that he claims to run a successful dating site, yet allocates space at the very top of the homepage to Google ads for other dating sites, thereby encouraging people to head straight off to his competitors.

I assume his definition of "successful" is "makes me a few quid off AdSense"

Sample Google ad:

Dating For Parents
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www.DatingforParents.com

[threaded]

Well, I was trying to think what subject(s) I could consider myself an expert upon.

Then I started to wonder what exactly defines an expert, and how many degrees of knowledge do you need to possess to be considered an expert in a particular subject.

It gets even trickier when you begin to consider that degrees of knowledge fluctuate even within a given subject, eg, I could be really good at maths, but poor at algebrae, yet algebra is a maths subject. Therefore would that justify someone as being an expert, even if some of the associated knowledge was below par ?

Someone, strolling along, chatting with John von Neumann, asked him how much maths he knew. He stopped, went into one of his odd trances for a few seconds, answered '28%', and then carried on walking.

[BrilloPad]

I assume his definition of "successful" is "makes me a few quid off AdSense"

To be fair to HRH - he earned a few pennies today from us lot visiting.

[HRH]

To be fair to HRH - he earned a few pennies today from us lot visiting.

Yeah I hope you all clicked the goog le ads. uh hum.