Ping Don Findlay's strike game players

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Radix2 writes

Sam Wormley wrote:
Lee Jay wrote:


It's a common myth that having a Ph.D. in a field means you know a lot
about that field. I have personally known Ph.Ds who knew practically
nothing about anything except how to get through school. I have also
known Ph.Ds who were very much experts. Having a Ph.D. is neither a
necessary nor sufficient criteria for knowing what you are talking
about. You might, you might not.


Ph.D. only means you met some institution's requirements somewhere
sometime. Ideally it means a lot more... but, sadly, is no guarantee
of anything.

And the history of science is littered with the destroyed reputations
of those who stepped outside of their field of expertise without
attempting to understand the subject. Hoyle, Shockley to name but
two...

If you're referring to Sir Fred's excursions into viruses from space and
Archaeopteryx, I'm not convinced they were anything more than
embarrassing. They didn't destroy the reputation he earned as an
astrophysicist (even if was apparently wrong about the Steady State).