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OJVV's avatar
Aug 29Edited

Yeah, that's basically right. I've seen this countless times at work, where people with little to no subject matter expertise are allowed to question/derail/override the work of experts, even when the same acknowledge they don't know much about what they're talking about and feel it best left to those who know. "I'm just asking questions!"

This must be some sort of herd mentality at play. For example, if any zebra brays about a seeing a lion, it's treated as a threat. The heard isn't sitting around thinking, "That's Bob, she wouldn't know a lion if it bit her on the ass. I only move when one of the expert lion watches tells me to run."

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mary's avatar

funny spelling - but maybe also re-vealing too: heard vs herd ? ha ha

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OJVV's avatar

Nah, AI spell correct telling me what it thinks is best. ;)

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