The prof is a professional foreign policy expert.
He is paid to study and research and teach foreign policy. He views the rest of us as amateurs. Which we are.
That doesn't mean our opinions are always unqualified and worthless.
I asked him if posting on the OF is part of his job. Of course it is not.
Quite often he comes to the OF to ridicule people who disagree with him, using his curriculum vitae as the proof of irrefutable wisdom.
Imagine if we all did the same.
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"Experts" often lack the logical ability to know how to use their knowledge
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Challenge for academics is that they want to fit three dimensional issues in two dimensional models
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Any teacher can be tempted to belittle people with less expertise.
It's a self-affirmation thing.
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That's typically a them problem, not a you problem. Small hands smell like cabbage.
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As an instructor, I would caution the prof against belittling others
It is not good for character.
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It reveals low character, actually and possibly narcissism.
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an expert who is pretty much wrong on everything.
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He seldom posts anything that is not related to his work. That seems restrictive.
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