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[ewt]

What makes someone an expert on something? What distinguishes an expert from an amateur? I'm not just talking about careers here, but areas of interest as well. When is knowledge the only indicator of expertise, and when to skill and good judgement come in?

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Comments

[vampwillow]

Whilst I am undoubtedly an "expert" on some esoteric areas I haev always aimed (30+years) to be a "Generalist" which, whilst it seems a dirty word in many english-speaking countries, really shouldn't be. I am really good at taking ideas from one field and applying them to another, or of linking theories or practices which 'specialists' sometimes ignore because it is 'outside [their] field'.

[yellowrocket.livejournal.com]

And a very useful skill it is too :-)