On 17/01/07, Delirium delirium@hackish.org wrote:
Indeed I think this is a general feature. I was a lot more deferent towards experts before I went into academia---once you find out how the sausage is made, and even occasionally get deferred to yourself in an area where you know your word has no business being accepted unquestioningly, it's hard to view it in as idealized a fashion.
"I am what passes for an expert in field x. This is a frightening concept."
- d.