On the ABC news a
On the ABC news a minute ago, the economics guy read a couple of quotes from market analysts. Then he added, “Here’s my translation: We don’t know what we’re talking about.” Classic.
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If only Robert took a leaf out of that announcer’s book?
Thanks for the comment over at The Fix, norman@computercoast.com.au, suggesting that people should not deign to hold an opinion on anything other than their field of expertise. What’s your field of expertise, exactly? And do you always understand what you’re talking about?
No particular expertise, “giw”, apart perhaps from a conscious effort since childhood to apply the same rigour to questioning my own views as I do to others’. Perhaps that’s why I never suggest comments should be restricted to those with “qualifications”. It’s sometimes just such people who are least willing to examine their own dearly held beliefs.
You ask, “Do [I] always understand what [I’m] talking about?” I’ve liked words since I was a youngster,and sometimes I may make what appear to be obscure references. On the other hand, I’ve also become accustomed to being told what I’m stating is wrong. On one occasion the Federal Attorney General told me just that; although he was kind enough to ring me when he had it checked out & found I’d been correct. On the other hand, when the NSW & National ALP Executives endorsed a proposal I’d warned was flawed, I never heard from anyone when it resulted in a fiasco at State Conference.
I guess I’ve always had one advantage, though, “giw”. I’ve always listened & read carefully, regardless of what my current perspective on a topic may have been. Try it, I can recommend it.