"You don't know what you don't know," and being the instructor doesn't change that.

[Statkowski]

I spent a number of years at the Nevada Test Site, where they understandably had numerous nuclear scientists. Brilliant in matters nuclear, yet dumb as dirt when it came to common sense. I remain convinced that the more book learning one gets going into one ear is going to shove something out the other ear.

[orionz06]

Wow... if that applies to a field like rocket science (physics/aerospace engineering) then astronauts are fucked... and MDs then we're all in trouble.

It is real in the engineering world.

[gold eagle]

People taking an "advance" class. Should they already be able to put rounds in a 5 x 7? At short range? I don't get out much so that wouldn't be for me.

[JAKIII]

I spent a number of years at the Nevada Test Site, where they understandably had numerous nuclear scientists. Brilliant in matters nuclear, yet dumb as dirt when it came to common sense. I remain convinced that the more book learning one gets going into one ear is going to shove something out the other ear.

Although, if my ticker goes south then I don't care how much common sense my cardiothoracic surgeon has.