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Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by John B. Foster, Dec 30, 2018.

  1. John B. Foster

    John B. Foster Well-Known Member

    What subject/topic would you say you have the most knowledge about?

    Many smart people here. Interested to read the replies.
     
  2. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    I'm a generalist. A fox, not a hedgehog.

    I know a little about many things, but not everything about one thing.
     
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  3. typefitter

    typefitter Well-Known Member

    Fighting on the Internet.

    I'm joking. English football, probably. Space. Architecture. I know the right restaurants in probably 100 American cities. But obviously there are people who know far more than I do about those subjects, starting here. (@Starman's political posts notwithstanding, he knows a shitload about human spaceflight.) I wouldn't call myself an expert on anything. Closest I might get is writing non-fiction. I feel like I know how to do that. But that's not really a subject in which you can claim expertise.
     
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  4. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    British punk and New Wave music
    Civil War’s western theater
    Francisco Coronado’s traipsing across the Southwest
    Bicycles
    Irish Coffee
    How to expertly cook meat
    SEC football and basketball
    Digital marketing
    TV production
    The Obama Administration
    Alfa Romeos
    American fighter aircraft
     
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  5. typefitter

    typefitter Well-Known Member

    We should definitely hang out.
     
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  6. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    Just enough to be the third-place finisher on Jeopardy! Which is to say, a mile wide and an inch deep.
     
  7. maumann

    maumann Well-Known Member

    I would rather be the guy soaking up information than conveying it, but I do know a bit about ...

    Class C motorhomes
    American oval track motor racing
    Early manned spaceflight
    The Detroit Tigers
    Florida football, pre-HBC (Head Ball Coach)
    1970s AM hit radio
     
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  8. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    One of the delights of growing older is understanding how little you know.

    On the other hand, you should know yourself pretty well by then, and that's sort of great. Rare as it is.
     
  9. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    Nothing. Nothing at all.
     
  10. WriteThinking

    WriteThinking Well-Known Member

    I wouldn't presume to say I'm an expert on anything.

    I do have what I would consider "almost-expert" knowledge of marine mammals (a lifelong love) and pretty strong knowledge of U.S. history (always a favorite subject in school, and some of the best teachers I had were in that topic). Pretty good with regard to psychology as a general subject, too (my minor in college, I have an interest in it and social sciences, and have had some personal exposure and experiences that have kept me interested in the topic).

    Otherwise, I suspect that I'm like a lot of journalists: I know a little about a lot of things, and am easily engaged and interested in almost anything.
     
  11. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    Pink Floyd
    Kansas City Royals
    Ford Automobiles
    Radio marketing
    High School officiating
     
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  12. spikechiquet

    spikechiquet Well-Known Member

    cribbage
    90s Christian Rock
    90s/00s college hockey
    beer styles and origins

    After that...I just fake it til I make it
     
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