Where have all the experts gone.

I think it's safe to say Mike is an expert......

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

Then perhaps the word we're looking for is knowledgeable and perhaps the original title of this thread should be re-worded to read "Where have all the knowledgeable folks gone".....

 

Doug,

The word expert is a relative term. Compared to the people you listed, you are correct, you are not an expert. Compared to the average collector, you are an expert. I am not sure why we are arguing over terminology when everyone understands the point of the OP.

 

I am certainly with lehigh on this one. While you make good points doug I think we understood the intention behind the use of the word. And who I consider experts might not match others.

 

erxpertise is in the eye of the beholder so to speak.

That said... I AM an expert... about bowling!

 

Bingo!

expert >noun a person who is very knowledgeable about or skillful in a particular area. >adjective having or involving such knowledge or skill.
-DERIVATIVES expertly >adverb expertness >noun.
-ORIGIN Latin expertus, from experiri 'try'.

While there's nothing wrong with some people's natural tendency to be modest, lets not discredit people either. There are levels of expertise but that doesn't mean one should be ashamed to accept the title.
Anybody who is serious about this hobby that has learned and retained knowledge over the course of years, if not decades, is an expert to a non-collector that comes on here because they just found an old nickel in the basement.

The definition of "expert" is not that dynamic beyond the issue of "very" being a relative term.

 

Of course. I would say writing several dozen articles on a subject is strong evidence one is an expert in that area. What's all the fuss about ?

 

Nobody is an expert. We are all constantly learning.

 

I thought that I made the same point. Perhaps I do not write as clearly as I would like to. Of those in your list, though GD, Bowers and Lange are writers. That does not separate them from the others though, except that -- as you say -- they write. What I am an expert at is writing, not numismatics.

I've written about robots, and aviators, engineers and dog groomers, the business of musical theater, and more. Numismatics is just interesting to me for several reasons, but, basically, I am a perpetual newbie -- and I warrant that those experts you cite would say the same thing about themselves. After all, as noted, we all engage in a lot of false modesty as a protection against the fall that follows pride.

 

God, I've always wanted to meet Fazzari.

Guy who discovered the omega counterfeits...I hope to see him next year at the counterfeit detection class in colorado. Too bad I missed it this year.

 

post deleted

 

grandpa only i know the real truth that you are a student for everyone else ur an expert live with it

 

really ?

i can KO you right now but ill be nice

 

There is an aspect to "expert" that has not been discussed, and that is the person who accumulates information from others and can repeat it, but makes no advances in the field. To most in science, that person is not an expert. If knowledge is a step ladder, an expert will climb to the top to see what is there, an accumulator of information is happy to sit on the bottom step and tell people it is a ladder. Numismatics is a science to me, to be an expert, you have to be making new inroads and discoveries and building on the work of others in the field. JMHO.

jim

 

Mike who?

Mike Tyson? Harvey was telling me he has started collecting coins but an expert are you sure?

 

i wonder if i can get my pet parrot to repeat what i say and get paid in half? jim you have given me a wonderful idea. thanks

 

This thread has become like a form of torture.