Why do most NTs have little regard for professionals?

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My idea is not to believe in any crappy human created religion, end of.

Universe is big, complex, humans are complicated. MUch is possible.

Who am I too deny or agree lol.

If and when God/Gods' exist/arrive, I hope thy wipe out all of the corruption of the major religious organisations.

Still, we are a tiny bit of dust are we not? Maybe they'll be chaotic gods' wooooooooo!

Populous has never been so much fun.

They might be evil/chaotic or anything that takes their whim.

I like this, from Epicurus:

Pffffftttt.

My IQ is too low to unravel that one.........

People have respect for people. Not for their qualifications.

I work amongst professionals all with the same degree and the difference of respect that both I and the customers hold for them is entirely dependent on how they interact with others, not what letters they have after their name or even how much knowledge they have.

An arrogant a**hole may be the top of his field, say in medicine, and may even be respected amongst others with the same degree, but if he is dismissive of the patient, or scoffs at their beliefs (say in reflexology or whatever), then they are far more likely to think him an idiot and seek a second opinion/sue if something goes wrong.

The way I see it is, if you are an expert in something, then you are an ambassador for that subject. You should act delighted that others show an interest in it too, whatever their level, and patiently let them expouse their own knowledge. Disagree politely where necessary, and if they become obnoxious, change topic. If you're intelligent enough to get a phD, this shouldn't be too difficult.

Your chosen field is more heavily reliant on subjective opinions than most.

Historical knowledge is never first-hand information, most records are written with some degree of bias, there are numerous versions of events which people can't agree on, and when you go far enough back in time you get to the point where historians are just making things up and using their credibility as "professionals" to pass off their entirely speculative theories as being factual information about a period of time from which no factual information can ever exist.

That's not verifiable "knowledge", certainly not in the same manner as a surgeon's knowledge of how to safely remove a tumour.

I actually find the opposite of your viewpoint to be true. Most NTs put unquestioning faith in so-called professionals, without even giving a second thought to the verifiability of that professional's opinion or the objective accuracy of the materials which influenced him to hold that opinion. Wikipedia may be largely comprised of hearsay, opinions, and third-hand knowledge, but so are the schools of thought which spawn the authors of supposedly credible resources of information.

You can't seperate subjectivity from human knowledge, there will always be room to debate almost anything, and a person's perceived credibility has no bearing on whether or not their claims are accurate. Whether Schrodinger's cat is dead or alive inside his box, cannot be factually determined by asking a nearby scientist his opinion on the matter, it can only be determined by looking in the box.

I would say it is jealousy and laziness. People envy them. I for one admire professionals a lot.