Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoDukes of Hazzard actor John Schneider called for public hanging of Joe Bidenwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1262arrow-down110
arrow-up1252arrow-down1external-linkDukes of Hazzard actor John Schneider called for public hanging of Joe Bidenwww.theguardian.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareHyperreality@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoHyperspecialisation also doesn’t help. Wouldn’t be the first time a renowned doctor thinks they know better than their accountant or lawyer, and fucks themselves over with their stupidity. Relevant German word: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fachidiot
minus-squarejwt@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThe linked page shows “Fachidiot” is also used as a German loanword in English (although maybe not that often; I’ve never seen it used in the wild)
Hyperspecialisation also doesn’t help.
Wouldn’t be the first time a renowned doctor thinks they know better than their accountant or lawyer, and fucks themselves over with their stupidity.
Relevant German word:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fachidiot
It’s called an “expert idiot” in English.
The linked page shows “Fachidiot” is also used as a German loanword in English (although maybe not that often; I’ve never seen it used in the wild)