Know-nothing arrogance

[cjsmith]

(This idea has been running through my brain for some time. I finally said it in a comment in someone else's journal. Reposting, after nitpicky edits, here.)

There should be a specific word meaning "the type and amount of arrogance that leads a person with no formal training and no experience in a particular subject to believe he knows that subject better than someone who has lots of formal training and/or lots of experience in it". 'Cause it's common enough to deserve a name.

Whatever people decide to call it, I hope it's surgically correctable.

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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh, the source of my comment elsewhere? But ah, it's soooo applicable to soooo many! :-)