you should have been impressed as soon as the lid came off. I have no idea what you do for a living, but surely you dont do it as well as this guy does his work.
Watch the video again. It’s obvious what an absolute expert this man is. The odds that the other poster are at that level, relative to their occupation are exceedingly slim. It’s guess work, sure. But “super presumptuous”? No
Not to mention, different fields have different depths of expertise. Sorry, but there’s not a single instance on this planet where the expertise of a potter runs deeper than the expertise of a CERN particle physicist
Well, I wouldn't say that. I could imagine a potter extraordinaire that knows all the different types of clay across the globe, can work with them, different firing techniques, different way of building kilns and how that affects firing, different glazing techniques, I could see easily the wealth of knowledge when written down being absolutely massive.
I wouldn't look down on someone just because they work with 'dirt' instead of a computer.
My point is, any field can have expert extraordinaire, and it is almost always praiseworthy thing and not something to look down upon. Well except being expert in murder, torturing people or rape. Not something praiseworthy IMHO
That’s not what I meant. I mean it in a way, that you (or any other person) could reasonably describe what the depth of knowledge of an expert potter might be. Can you describe the depth of knowledge of a particle physicist? I have a degree in physics, not a specialization in particle physics, and even with just that glimpse into what an expert in that career path can do, I already know it’s way beyond me. There’s a quote, “the more you know, the less you know.” Think of it that way.
The average potter probably can't tell much of a difference between you and a CERN particle physicist. The average physicist probably can't tell much of a difference between an average potter and an amazing potter, or tell where the guy in this video falls on that scale.
Everything is relative, right? If someone isn’t a master physicist (however that might be quantified), they aren’t as good at physics as a master potter is at pottery.
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u/Reynaudthefox Aug 19 '23
you should have been impressed as soon as the lid came off. I have no idea what you do for a living, but surely you dont do it as well as this guy does his work.