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10th Dec '12 7:04:58 PM DoctorNemesis

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11th May '12 9:36:28 AM DoctorNemesis

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*** Never underestimate the power of OpinionMyopia, FanMyopia (it's not just limited to fan-bases) or just plain good old-fashioned egotism; for too many experts, their field of expertise is literally where All The Important Stuff Is Happening and everything else is just an interesting but useless curiosity at best or absolutely worthless at most. That way, it makes it easier for them to deal with or ignore the fact that they actually don't know absolutely everything and never will by reasoning that what they ''don't'' know isn't important anyway, and so it doesn't matter that they don't know it. There's a joke in ''TheBigBangTheory'' that reflects this, where Sheldon, lording it over everyone as always, pompously remarks that he has a working knowledge of the entire universe, at which point Penny asks him to describe who {{Radiohead}} are. Several seconds of undone twitching later, he snottily changes it to a working knowledge of everything ''important'' in the universe -- the joke partly being that Sheldon's particular field of expertise (theoretical physics) is something that many people find just as (if not even more) unimportant or incidental to their day-to-day lives as music.

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11th May '12 9:35:28 AM DoctorNemesis

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*** Never underestimate the power of OpinionMyopia, FanMyopia (it's not just limited to fan-bases) or just plain good old-fashioned egotism; for too many experts, their field of expertise is literally where All The Important Stuff Is Happening and everything else is just an interesting but useless curiosity at best or absolutely worthless at most. That way, it makes it easier for them to deal with or ignore the fact that they actually don't know absolutely everything and never will by reasoning that what they ''don't'' know isn't important anyway, and so it doesn't matter that they don't know it. There's a joke in ''TheBigBangTheory'' that reflects this, where Sheldon, lording it over everyone as always, pompously remarks that he has a working knowledge of the entire universe, at which point Penny asks him to describe who {{Radiohead}} are. Several seconds of undone twitching later, he snottily changes it to a working knowledge of everything ''important'' in the universe -- the joke partly being that Sheldon's particular field of expertise (theoretical physics) is something that many people find just as (if not even less) unimportant or incidental to their day-to-day lives as music.

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11th May '12 9:34:38 AM DoctorNemesis

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*** Never underestimate the power of OpinionMyopia, FanMyopia (it's not just limited to fan-bases) or just plain good old-fashioned egotism; for too many experts, their field of expertise is literally where All The Important Stuff Is Happening and everything else is just an interesting but useless curiosity at best or absolutely worthless at most. That way, it makes it easier for them to deal with or ignore the fact that they actually don't know absolutely everything and never will by reasoning that what they ''don't'' know isn't important anyway, and so it doesn't matter that they don't know it. There's a joke in ''TheBigBangTheory'' that reflects this, where Sheldon, lording it over everyone as always, pompously remarks that he has a working knowledge of the entire universe, at which point Penny asks him to describe who {{Radiohead}} are. Several seconds of undone twitching later, he snottily changes it to a working knowledge of everything ''important'' in the universe -- the joke partly being that Sheldon's particular field of expertise (theoretical physics) is something that many people find just (if not less) as unimportant or incidental to their day-to-day lives as music.

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*** Never underestimate the power of OpinionMyopia, FanMyopia (it's not just limited to fan-bases) or just plain good old-fashioned egotism; for too many experts, their field of expertise is literally where All The Important Stuff Is Happening and everything else is just an interesting but useless curiosity at best or absolutely worthless at most. That way, it makes it easier for them to deal with or ignore the fact that they actually don't know absolutely everything and never will by reasoning that what they ''don't'' know isn't important anyway, and so it doesn't matter that they don't know it. There's a joke in ''TheBigBangTheory'' that reflects this, where Sheldon, lording it over everyone as always, pompously remarks that he has a working knowledge of the entire universe, at which point Penny asks him to describe who {{Radiohead}} are. Several seconds of undone twitching later, he snottily changes it to a working knowledge of everything ''important'' in the universe -- the joke partly being that Sheldon's particular field of expertise (theoretical physics) is something that many people find just as (if not even less) unimportant or incidental to their day-to-day lives as music.

11th May '12 9:34:13 AM DoctorNemesis

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*** Never underestimate the power of OpinionMyopia, FanMyopia (it's not just limited to fan-bases) or just plain good old-fashioned egotism; for too many experts, their field of expertise is literally where All The Important Stuff Is Happening and everything else is just an interesting but useless curiosity at best or absolutely worthless at most. That way, it makes it easier for them to deal with or ignore the fact that they actually don't know absolutely everything and never will by reasoning that what they ''don't'' know isn't important anyway, and so it doesn't matter that they don't know it. There's a joke in ''TheBigBangTheory'' that reflects this, where Sheldon, lording it over everyone as always, pompously remarks that he has a working knowledge of the entire universe, at which point Penny asks him to describe who {{Radiohead}} are. Several seconds of undone twitching later, he snottily changes it to a working knowledge of everything ''important'' in the universe -- the joke partly being that Sheldon's particular field of expertise (theoretical physics) is something that many people find just (if not less) as unimportant or incidental to their day-to-day lives as music.

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28th Jan '12 10:27:11 PM DoctorNemesis

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** To be fair, this isn't without basis in real life. We tend to over-use the term 'genius' to mean 'anyone who does something  great' but an actual genius -- as in someone who is quantifiably brilliant in a way that elevates them above other people -- oftenhas difficulty accommodating into society; they find it difficult to connect to people because they operate on a wavelength that most people can't relate to. Furthermore, things that a lot of people struggle with come very easily to them; it's not hard to foster a mindset of superiority under such circumstances, especially if you can't understand ''why'' it doesn't come easily to them (they must be idiots!). And, of course, describing someone as a genius is inherently placing them on a pedestal above other people, which is very flattering to the ego.
** With House, it's not just that he's an insufferable genius but that he's also a BunnyEarsLawyer taken BeyondTheImpossible.  And his "eccentricity" just happens to be massive, raging assholishness.  And yeah, most of us aren't nearly as assholeish as House, but for a lot of people, it's still something of an escapist fantasy to be able to get away with completely ignoring or disrespecting your boss or your more annoying co-workers because you're just that good at your job.

1st Dec '11 2:34:38 PM JohnSherman

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