[SonicScrub]

Not only that, but we have multiple on differing levels of the idiot scale depending on the topic at hand. The biggest idiots I've encountered are brilliant people outside their knowledge domain.

[Bootvis]

The other way around I hope ;)

[SonicScrub]

*The biggest idiots I've encountered are brilliant people within their knowledge domain.

Exhibit A: me writing ;p

[foldr]

Don’t worry :) I read it as “The biggest idiots I've encountered are brilliant people (who are [idiots when they are]) outside their knowledge domain.”

[andrekandre]

  >  we have multiple on differing levels of the idiot scale depending on the topic at hand

or even depending on the time of day, or current stress/work levels

alot of things can affect the idiot scale...