[SideburnsOfDoom]

> "despite the majority being some form of an intellectual", as if that is worth something.

I think I would phrase that as "despite the majority thinking of themselves some form of an intellectual, outside of their domain, they are out often out their depth and unaware of it".

> If you don't have the experience and the domain knowledge, can you call yourself an intellectual in that domain?

Yeah, that's the thing. You can assume that "in that domain" is irrelevant, and call yourself an intellectual, period. You can and you'd be wrong, very wrong, but you wouldn't be alone. It's common.