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by BruSwain 204 days ago
I thought there was a name for this(cant find it), but its not just devs, its most people with a deep technical expertise.

I remember watching a youtube video about this, where they used Neil deGrasse Tyson as a case study. Showing cases of him confidently saying wrong things in fields he's not very knowledgeable in.

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>I thought there was a name for this(cant find it)

Ne supra crepidam? "not beyond the shoe"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ne_supra_crepidam