An affliction that causes considerable problems for people who become so expert at their chosen line of study or research that no one can understand those who have expertitis.
I've become so expert at dealing with highly specialized cases of wrongfully arrested cases that I have difficulty teaching my craft to others. That's Expertitis.
That's problematic because the truth is that a law degree is of no use to any would be expert who wants to specialize in the sort of cases that I deal with.
I have a 100% success rate, but "Expertitis" makes it difficult for me to understand why amateurs can't do what I do.
That's problematic because the truth is that a law degree is of no use to any would be expert who wants to specialize in the sort of cases that I deal with.
I have a 100% success rate, but "Expertitis" makes it difficult for me to understand why amateurs can't do what I do.
by The Trial Wrecker. February 08, 2011
An exaggerated trust in "experts" to the detriment of one's own critical thinking; a neediness for "experts" to validate a course of action, else that action should be suspect; a dependence on "experts" that suggests a lack of confidence in oneself; a worldview that is over-reliant on "experts." "Expertists" affirm expertism and will likely ridicule those who reasonably question "experts."
Expertism characterized the Covid era, as gullible people unquestioningly followed ever-changing guidance from "experts."
by The Big Easy Conservative July 17, 2023
Someone who tends to cut certain areas of their body, and does so with a knife. The act of cutting represents the movement of a person playing the violin.
John-'Hey Barry, I heard you're a total violin expert'
Barry-'I do pride myself in my ways of playing the viol...'
John-'Not like that, you nerd'
Barry-'I do pride myself in my ways of playing the viol...'
John-'Not like that, you nerd'
by Obama Bin Laden September 25, 2016
You... Your defense... When people come at you for posting things that they don't like... Is that you don't understand how social media works... So... I mean, you've said it on several separate occasions... Like, you said 'I'm still trying to figure out social media' because it's like a mystery to you or something...
Hym "I mean, like a social media expert is like... The response to the words you said... You really don't understand things very well. Like, the words you said... Coincide with need for a social media expert... So... Do you not realize that? Honestly, I don't even think you don't understand social media. Think you're doing what you always do and are just making shit up because people usually just let you get away with it. Like... Yeah. But not me! I don't do that. So, yeah."
by Hym Iam August 10, 2024
by DMack2018 April 28, 2018
Fake Experts are highly qualified individuals who don't have relevant expertise to speak about certain issues but do so anyway. Because their qualifications are generally valued, their relevance to an issue can be commonly overlooked.
Uncle Frank: Tucker Carlson said that Vaccines are designed to genetically alter humans into mindless chimpanzees! The damn Communists are gonna use it to take over!
Henry: Damnit Uncle Frank. Just because Tucker Carlson is a newscaster, doesn't mean he's qualified to talk about vaccines! He's a fake expert, and shouldn't be trusted as a reliable news source.
Henry: Damnit Uncle Frank. Just because Tucker Carlson is a newscaster, doesn't mean he's qualified to talk about vaccines! He's a fake expert, and shouldn't be trusted as a reliable news source.
by Recreational Spreadsheets August 16, 2021