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by saurik 480 days ago
But like, the expert also knows that the middle-of-the-bell-curve engineer makes mistakes and knows not to blindly trust their code; meanwhile, the person who is "incompetent at a topic" could be seen literally hiring the middle-of the-bell-curve engineer either as a tutor or a consultant... so I don't think trusting them when you are in that position is fair to call a "fallacy".