[onebaddude]

>can be a complete moron in another field

A complete moron? In the field of monetary economics? Yeah, okay. You may think Bitcoin is major internet monies, but the economists are interested in studying it from aspect of a medium of exchange.

Discussing economics on HackerNews is like discussing medicine on Reddit: everyone is an expert, whether they know anything about the subject or not.

[joshuapants]

Read the post before jumping to your reply button.

> while being an expert in one field, and while being objectively smart, can be a complete moron in another field

ye said that Krugman is an expert in his field, but has no idea what he's talking about when it comes to computers and the impact thereof.

[onebaddude]

>Read the post before jumping to your reply button.

Maybe you should do the same.

Krugman isn't looking at Bitcoin as a technology, but as a currency. Just because he doesn't understand "computers and the imnpact thereof", doesn't mean he doesn't understand Bitcoin as money.

[joshuapants]

The article we're commenting on has nothing to do with bitcoins. So again we get back to the issue of reading comprehension.