Expert knowledge

[OC]

In what areas are you an expert? In what areas do you wish you were an expert?

Well?

-OC

[cheapchinese]

I'm an expert in eating
I wish i was an expert in Dieting

[OC]

I'm an expert in eating
I wish i was an expert in Dieting
That's cheating. :P

[x1337xD335C1P13x]

I love physics and math and lifting.....
yes i am very weird....
i am very weak in the areas of english

[welfareloser]

:heh:

well... if i take expert to mean "know more about it than anyone else i know" ... then, violin history, famous makers, repair and construction. but my skills would be disdained by real experts, i'm sure...

i'm also eerily good at predicting what will happen in people's relationships... not that that's a useful skill, but it sure is entertaining :P

[cheapchinese]

That's cheating. :P

I'm in my comedic mode today :P

[BrewMaster]

i'm an expert in beer (hobby) and in chemistry (professional).

i wish i were an expert in cars and cooking. i'm a good cook, but certainly not an expert.

[Nija]

I'm an expert at getting myself off. . .

[whitak24]

i am an expert in nothing.

for the next 36 hours or so, i wish i were an expert in the subject of federal income tax.

[chrissy]

i'm an expert in beer (hobby) and in chemistry (professional).

i wish i were an expert in cars and cooking. i'm a good cook, but certainly not an expert.

It's funny that you feel that way, usually cooking is concidered a chemistry -- especially desserts :)

As for me, I am a dabbler. I know a little about a lot of things. I really cannot call myself an expert in anything.

[kei2]

I'm an expert in Contra:Shattered Soldier for PS2. (No seriously, S scores on levels.) I'm an expert of experts at the paper-tossing flash game that was posted here a while ago. I'm good but not great at other video games.

I wish I were an expert in Bible knowledge.

[ray]

I am an expert at being myself. That's about it.

[ski]

Expertise: deal hunting, squeezing MLM sites for free iPods, Electrical Engineering (electromagnetic fields aspect), Family Guy trivia

[ufcrusher]

I am an expert at...well I wouldnt say I am an expert at anything. I am really good at a bunch of things, but I wouldnt say that I was an expert. (Fish, electronics, scuba diving, etc.)

I wish I had an expertise in....welding? I dont really know, its just something that I would really like to learn and looks fun.

[yippiekiyeh]

Jack of all trades, good at everything... always second best to someone at everything...

[bachviet]

i am an expert in nothing.

...
:stupid:

[BigJon]

I'm an expert at getting myself off. . .
:eek2: uhhhh.....thanks for sharing, Nija....

I am an expert at....nothing.

There is always room for improvement in my book.

[nickel]

i'm an expert in all things dental.

i wish i were an expert in something else so i could have a change of career. my job is very repetitious to say the least.

[Kim]

I don't think I'm an expert at anything, I keep learning new things every day.

[Cantacuzene]

I'm not officially an expert in Byzantine history in the way the professor of byzantine history at Oxford is an expert, but I know significantly more than the average man, or even the average person with a BA in history about that civilization.

I wish I was an expert at the Attic and Rhomaic Greek language so that I could become a true expert, relative to anyone.

[WhiskeyPapa]

I'm an expert at baby-making.

I wish I were an expert at baby-raising! :P

[welfareloser]

i'm an expert in all things dental.

oh, heck, you're a dentist? for some reason, i thought you were just a hygienist... *note to self to pay more attention...*


squeezing MLM sites for free iPods.

teach me! teach me! that is a useful skill...



I wish I were an expert in Bible knowledge.

:heh: wish no more, o lazy one... you know that one is easy to fix, don't you? ;)




this thread rocks. i like to learn more about you people...

[Booyamos]

i'm an expert in computers (games too)

wish i was an expert in cooking (though i am working on it)
or professional baseball so i could be a pitcher.

[revil]

i'm also eerily good at predicting what will happen in people's relationships... not that that's a useful skill, but it sure is entertaining :P
What's going to happen between me and Twee?!

[Jcranmer]

I hate the term expert, because I think there is always room to continue learning, but if I had to say I am an expert, it would be in:

Unix System Administration (Solaris mostly)
Cisco Pix Firewalls and Cisco routers
General Networking

[Yossarian]

i'm an expert in making people laugh, pissing people off, procrastination, and awesomeness

[BrewMaster]

It's funny that you feel that way, usually cooking is concidered a chemistry -- especially desserts :)

well, I certainly understand the chemistry of cooking, but that doesn't mean you'll like the taste of everything I make. but I do think about thermodynamic properties (heats of fusion) and solubility curves when I cook. i don't know if it makes my food any better, but i enjoy the process.

i experiment and have fun cooking, but I have no formal culinary education like I do chemistry education.

[DarkFury]

Well I do try to be a jack of most trades... being an expert implies that you know EVERYTHING and honestly, I just can't say that I know everything (although what I do know does seem to go a long way. :D )

[Merlin]

In terms of finance I would put myself up against pretty much anyone. Wait, finance it too broad make that financial markets. (MBA specializing in financial markets and investment as well as a CFA Charter. Background in investment banking, M&A, portfolio management)

It is tough to call myself an expert in swordsmanship because I train with many people who are better but in the grand scheme of things I know more than 99.9% of those out there.

I am a Star Wars Geek. :disa:

I wish I had better in linguistics. I love to travel and find that my pathetic ability with languages holds me back.

I have a good working knowledge of stastics but wish it was better. I'm thinking of taking some graduate level course work in that field. It'll really help at work.

Oh and I wish I knew how to spell.

[welfareloser]

I am a Star Wars Geek. :disa:

i wish i was a star wars geek. i thought i was... until i got the star wars trivial pursuit game. damn. i suck at it.


I wish I had better in linguistics. I love to travel and find that my pathetic ability with languages holds me back.

i'm really good at picking up language, but by no means an expert... just travel more (heh, good advice i'd give to anyone for any reason), and don't be afraid to make a fool of yourself... it'll come. :)

i was really impressed with myself because we were watching dances with wolves the other night, and i started to pick apart the syntax of lakota... i was really excited, and as i was pointing out what i had gleaned from the dialogue to prm (the way things are inflected at the beginning of the word rather than the end, very similar to some african languages, how highly inflected it is overall, the way the verb almost always goes at the end of the sentence, etc...) he started sniffing my hair. i asked him wtf he was doing, and he said he just wanted to figure out what i was smoking.

so, that's how impressed certain others are with my expertise... bah.


Well I do try to be a jack of most trades...

i've actually been trying to NOT be a jack of all trades lately... i really want to get very, very good at a few things. the problem is narrowing down my wide interests and choosing what those few things will be... mandolin over violin? but wait... i have a viola, too! (tho prm is busy tryin to bogart it...)

then i see how people who get too far into something jsut start getting silly... like, i'm into fly-fishing... but not like some people are. honestly, it's not somethign i could do every day for 9 months of the year. and it's not something i want to spend a whole lot of time thinking about... i'd much rather try a fly 3-4 times, and try a different fly when that one doesn't work, than spend three frikkin hours the night before watching bugs hatch and discussing the water temperature and speculating on tomorrows weather and the advantages of taupe hackle versus beige hackle to tie the PERFECT fly for tomorrow... sheesh.

maybe i'm abck to jsut wanting to be a "jack of all trades, master of none" again. better than being a complete dork :P

[Merlin]

... just travel more (heh, good advice i'd give to anyone for any reason), and don't be afraid to make a fool of yourself... it'll come. :)

Oh don't worry, I'll make a fool out of myself at the drop of a hat. :D I still go and I still try. Just wish I had an aptitude for it.

[OC]

My problem is that while I'm extremely knowledgeable about a lot of things, I lack practical experience in many of them to put that knowledge to use. I'm book-smart, but not experience-smart. By that measure, I guess the only thing I'm truly an expert on is troubleshooting computers.

Areas I'd like to work on are automotive engines, renewable energy, and American history - specifically, the Revolution, biographies of the founding fathers, the war of 1812, and the New Deal reforms put forth by FDR. I've been studying the history of the American space program lately too, along with the Soviet space activities of the time. Not quite an expert yet, but I want to one day be able to call myself a space historian. :)

[BrewMaster]

My problem is that while I'm extremely knowledgeable about a lot of things, I lack practical experience in many of them to put that knowledge to use. I'm book-smart, but not experience-smart.

that's why becoming an expert in beer is so fun. i read a lot about beer and while I'm reading, I drink a good beer or two. get the book smarts and the experience all at the same time. then take a nap to sleep off the alcohol.

[DarkFury]

Nuttin' wrong with being a JoAT... Pretty much you get to see the best in everything.

Personally, I'm content with it... especially since I'm better than average in most things I do. :D

[nickel]

oh, heck, you're a dentist? for some reason, i thought you were just a hygienist... *note to self to pay more attention...*

welfare, i can always count on you. i think of you as a vulture --- always picking at my bones :P

i am not a dentist, but i work closely with one, and have had education and still have continuing education, as required by NYS, in the field. i have watched every dental surgery there is and every dental procedure there is many many times. and of course i also perform dental procedures allowed me by my license.
i shouldn't have to explain. i am smart as hell in the dental field. period.
even though i am "just a Hygienist".

[welfareloser]

you're in NY state? *note to self to pay more attention again...*

[nickel]

you're in NY state? *note to self to pay more attention again...*
gotta love ya WF :)

[Houdini]

Hmmm...I know more than most about magic (sleight of hand, history, etc.) I know a little about a lot of things. Like others here, I've always had an interest in languagues, though I'm not really an expert. I just have a knack for them.

In court, I'm considered an "expert in the field of medicine." :shrug:

[CornMonkey]

i'm an expert in looking like i'm paying attention when i'm really not.

i wish i was an expert in actually paying attention.

[gwilks98]

I'm an expert of recalling movies or songs I've seen/heard within a few seconds of hearing it a second time.

...and no, women do not find this sexy.

[kei2]

You think that's unsexy, try being good at it with 80's songs and country music. :|

[Ladogaboy]

I'm an expert on women: they all suck! And not even in the way they were designed to do! :shifty:

I kid... really. :shifty:

[Kevster]

In my profession as an electrical engineer, I have done many things and I have become damn good at them. I have never spent too much time specializing in one field of EE to the point of pigeon-holing myself in that area forever. The funny thing about technology is that it is always moving forward which means you are always learning in my field.

My current fields of expertise include communications systems using fiber optics, microwave, coaxial/twisted-pair copper, etc. I also know a quite a bit obout sensors and data aquisition. I also know quite a bit about Digital Signal Processing and Integrated Circuits (computer chip design) though I never really got into those fields.

I know a lot about home construction and carpentry, electrical wiring, carpet installation and floor tile. I also know a lot about horses and raising cattle too.

[oblongmelon]

Well-to vcall my self an expert would put me in the same class as people like Sagan, Einstein,Placido Domingo, etc...sooo...
Let's just say-I was a pretty damn good Neo Natal ICU Nurse, and thanks to my nice italian Nonna's-I'm quite skilled in the the household sciences.... :)
and yeh, I have alot of hobbies...wierd, but I'm pretty good with a hammer and nails.

[nickel]

Well-to vcall my self an expert would put me in the same class as people like Sagan, Einstein,Placido Domingo, etc...sooo...
Let's just say-I was a pretty damn good Neo Natal ICU Nurse, and thanks to my nice italian Nonna's-I'm quite skilled in the the household sciences.... :)
and yeh, I have alot of hobbies...wierd, but I'm pretty good with a hammer and nails.
my niece was in Crouse Memorial's neo-natal unit for a week and my hat's off to all the nurses there for being able to keep it together and do their job so well. that has got to be a stressful job.... all those anxious, upset parents and all those preemies to comfort. not to mention the babes that don't make it and having to deal with the anguish of those parents.

[welfareloser]

NICU nurses are, hands-down, some of the best nurses out there ;) seems like you have to be top of your game to even be considered for a position. there are some truly dumb people who make it through nursing school... but they don't make it to the NICU. i swear, if any of the nurses in the NICU had been even the least bit as incompetent as some of the other nurses i've encountered, i would have started biting off ears.

[molecularfire]

I have no discernable skills whatsoever. There, I hate you all for making me say that.

[ShawnLee]

I go to seminary, but I wouldn't call that expertise. I mean, compared to most, of course, but then there are some true experts compared to whom I know just the basics.

[Hypnotist]

Merriam-Webster online:

Main Entry: 1ex·pert
Pronunciation: 'ek-"sp&rt, ik-'
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin expertus, from past participle of experiri
1 obsolete : EXPERIENCED
2 : having, involving, or displaying special skill or knowledge derived from training or experience
synonym see PROFICIENT
- ex·pert·ly adverb
- ex·pert·ness noun
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My Dad's definition... Expert: A special fluid that's been excreted under great pressure.

That being said, I prefer the synonym, Proficient... Expert sounds pressured.



Hmmm...I know more than most about magic (sleight of hand, history, etc.) I know a little about a lot of things. Like others here, I've always had an interest in languagues, though I'm not really an expert. I just have a knack for them.

In court, I'm considered an "expert in the field of medicine." :shrug:

Here Here... A fraternal brother in the midst! The World of Magic is truly a brotherhood. Myself, a student and performer since age 11. Began with escapology, then parlor, close-up, stage and now Theatrical Hypnosis... Hypnosis Rules!... "My dear, your clothes are becoming warmer and warmer... very, very warm... with every breath you take and every word I say, they're becoming warmer still... uncomfortably warm...almost hot!... so very uncomfortable that you feel as though they MUST be removed... you MUST remove your..."...UH Hum... anyway. My brother and I performed professionally together for many years. Brett's actually more accomplished than myself IMO. At 13, he was selected as one of 5 young performers to become a Jr. member of the prestigious "Magic Castle" in Hollywood... 400 auditioned that year, and he remains the YOUNGEST magician to have ever been chosen as a member. Dirk Arthur and Mark Kalin (Vegas Acts), were among those also chosen that year. Me? I chickened out... had the talent, didn't have the Huevos :gle: . I regret it to this day.

Houdini, if you're ever around L.A. and want to go to "The Castle", I'll hook you up. Brett knows everybody... Lance, David, The Pendragons and many more. Nice to know you're a part of this community!

Soooo, I'm proficient in showmanship, misdirection, prestidigitation and legerdemain... Also real estate investments, analysis, zoning, development and construction. All supported by a strong background in sales.

And, I'm definitely deficient in the understanding and use of this machine. I've just recently discovered a love of computing and cyberspace; and I thirst for more knowledge in this regard. My understanding of innerspace (the mind and final frontier), is vast... My understanding of cyberspace (this world and a truly new frontier), needs work. This is why I come HERE often. G|A Rules Too!

[Markel]

I guess in my working field, I can claim a level of expertise in non-contact (i.e., optical) precision measurement, and the programming of those machines that my company produces.

[Airencracken]

I'm an expert in self loathing.

[Houdini]

A fraternal brother in the midst! The World of Magic is truly a brotherhood. Myself, a student and performer since age 11. Began with escapology...
Houdini, if you're ever around L.A. and want to go to "The Castle", I'll hook you up. Brett knows everybody... Lance, David, The Pendragons and many more. Nice to know you're a part of this community!


Good to hear there's another one of us on the board. I'll look you up if I'm ever in your neck of the woods or LA. I've met and hung out with David several times and the Pendragons only once at a convention. The only magic celeb I really know personally is Harry Anderson. I don't perform often anymore, except some close-up stuff for friends, but I read the mags and am always collecting books, etc. At any rate, it sounds like you're more of an expert than I. :)

[Hypnotist]

Good to hear there's another one of us on the board. I'll look you up if I'm ever in your neck of the woods or LA. I've met and hung out with David several times and the Pendragons only once at a convention. The only magic celeb I really know personally is Harry Anderson. I don't perform often anymore, except some close-up stuff for friends, but I read the mags and am always collecting books, etc. At any rate, it sounds like you're more of an expert than I. :)

The fact that you remain committed to the art at any level is highly commendable. The few words you've shared here clearly indicate to me that you're a real one! Hey, your screen-name says it all. I'm "Hypnotist(777)" elsewhere... don't know why I didn't arrive here with that identity. Wonder if name changes are allowed? Maybe someday I'll perform a "cyber-metamorphosis" and re-emerge here as my true self, LOL. And as far as my expertise compared to yours... it's all relative my friend. Like you, I've moved in and out of the "Magic World" many times... but no matter what, you and I will always possess a very special talent... that of a Magician/Performer. Contact me Anytime!

With YOU in mind!

Brad

[LegendKiller]

I wouldn't consider myself an expert in finance, especially compared to Merlin who has more experience and has earned the CFA charter, while I am only a lvl2 candidate. I do know much more than the average finance undergrad that goes into corp finance, yet I am still a babe in the woods.

[whitak24]

The fact that you remain committed to the art at any level is highly commendable. The few words you've shared here clearly indicate to me that you're a real one! Hey, your screen-name says it all. I'm "Hypnotist(777)" elsewhere... don't know why I didn't arrive here with that identity. Wonder if name changes are allowed? Maybe someday I'll perform a "cyber-metamorphosis" and re-emerge here as my true self, LOL. And as far as my expertise compared to yours... it's all relative my friend. Like you, I've moved in and out of the "Magic World" many times... but no matter what, you and I will always possess a very special talent... that of a Magician/Performer. Contact me Anytime!

With YOU in mind!

Brad
name changes are allowed. i don't remember the exact rules (and they no longer seem to be in the "announcement" at the top of the forum), but i believe that you can have a name change after 50 posts, and after 500 posts.

email GAM with questions.

[Hypnotist]

whitak24 helped with
name changes are allowed. i don't remember the exact rules (and they no longer seem to be in the "announcement" at the top of the forum), but i believe that you can have a name change after 50 posts, and after 500 posts.

email GAM with questions.

Hey! Thank you sir. I'll see if they'll consider it a Christmas gift. After all, it's only a "costume change" for the next scene, right?