On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Mark A. Hershberger <mah@everybody.org>wrote:
> Scott Cotton <scott@nscotton.com> writes:
>
> > Just because you go to a website and read some information about taxes
> > etc.. does not make you an instant expert. An expert will find stuff
> > that you missed or just plan didn't see. =)
>
> I agree that experts are not something that happens instantly. If you
> need an authority on a subject, you would ask someone who spends a good
> deal of their time doing whatever it is you're curious about. But most
> times curiosity does not require a professional to answer it.
>
> A hobbiest or amateur (from the Latin for “lover”) can can also be an
> authority on any given subject. Just because someone's knowledge does
> not come from being paid to learn it doesn't make their knowledge less
> useful.
>
> True. Very true. It makes it free or less expensive at best, and prone to
the flaws of never having to be fiscally responsible for errors and
omissions at worst.
> Mark.
>
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