Gail Shaw wrote:

>> As Terry Wogan frequently laments, "everyone's an expert"...
> 
> Tell me about it.

Well.... ;-)

Humans suffer from a scientifically verified phenominon known as 
"confirmation bais". This was stated quite a lot earlier by a guy with 
the improbable name "Sir Francis Bacon". He put it thus:

"quod enim mavult homo verum esse, id poteus credit"

And let's face it, who wants to think they're completely ignorant of 
something? Nobody! So everybody *wants* to be an expert, and are thus 
easily able to delude themselves that they *are* an expert!

(cf. the emperor's magical suit...)

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