Prime Junta
RPGCodex' Little BRO
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Just to keep up the torrid pace of this thread, and to veer it dramatically off course...
Hogwash. There are certainly many cases where people aren't qualified to have an opinion. They may have it, but their lack of qualifications render it meaningless and easy to reject out of hand. Simple example: I may have an opinion on how a skyscrapper should be constructed, but I certainly wouldn't expect anyone to take it seriously, let alone pay attention to me at all, since I have no qualifications in building skyscrappers.
Hogwash yourself: you're perfectly capable of having an idea about building a skyscraper. Of course, the likelihood that it's both good and original is pretty slim. I've had lots of ideas outside my field(s) of expertise, and quite often pursue them a bit. For example, I bounce them off an expert. It's a great way to learn things too, and it usually amuses the experts.
Most of the time, it turns out that my idea was either flawed or unoriginal, but there have been times I've beaten the experts at their own game -- admittedly in fields where the uncertainties are pretty huge to start with.
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