What's the downside of being an expert
libre 9
Speaking of what a specialist's deficiency is, it is primarily the approximation of knowledge and the simulation of understanding.
Visibility of knowledge
This happens when a person jumps on top of things without bothering to understand deeply and accurately what he should understand deeply and accurately.
Out of such approximation, an appearance of knowledge is created which ultimately brings harm not only to society but also to the individual himself.
Probably, everyone has had it too. You read something, you seem to understand it, you think everything is quite clear. But when you have to face the application of this seemingly clear, you see that it only seemed to be so and you need to understand it for a long time until you get to the essence of the question.
Without real knowledge, a specialist will feel insecure and out of place all his life. He can achieve a position, have a degree, but he knows his own price, he will not deceive himself. Hence the constant feeling of inferiority, dissatisfaction.
Not that dissatisfaction with oneself, which is inherent in every thinking person and without which it is simply impossible to create new things, but that which leads to grouchiness, the desire to blame anyone but oneself for all failures.
If we talk about inadmissibility of approximation of knowledge, then, of course, we mean the amount of specialized knowledge that is necessary for a specialist for his work. It is impossible to know deeply about everything, and nobody demands it. But if a person has chosen a field of activity for himself, he should outline the range of issues that need to be known and understand them in such a way that he can tell himself without a shadow of a doubt:
This I clearly understand
Just in case, one should remember the aphorism of Jean Jacques Rousseau:
The most sincere people are truthful in what they say, but they lie in what they omit.
The way of the expert
The path of the specialist, as well as the path of the scientist, whatever problems he is engaged in, is difficult and often ungrateful. But this is the path where you can fully express yourself. In youth, everyone is concerned about the question contained in the quatrain of E. Yevtushenko. Yevtushenko:
Among the completely unassuming in appearance Half-wishes, half-feelings, half-feelings, it pinches: why won't I come out, why won't I come out?..?
How can I come out, how can I be? No one can answer this question. But it is known for sure that without a favorite job a person can't make it. After all, it doesn't matter whether you become a materials scientist, (more: Composites Technology) or a programmer, a mechanic or a doctor.
What matters is that the work you choose to do is satisfying and enjoyable. This is not a statement that a person who has a job he loves will necessarily be happy, but a statement that without such a job he will not be happy.
In any business you have to start with mistakes, they are inevitable, but from them the sprouts of truth sprout. Mistakes and failures are not to be feared, but they must be realized and used to find the right paths - this is the essence of a scientist. And, turning once again to the wisdom of great men, let us recall Victor Hugo's foresight:
The future belongs to two types of people: the man of thought and the man of labor. In essence, both are one, for to think is to labor.
