My areas of expertise are in Computer Science and Physics (at least that's what the papers say).
I have to elaborate on the hacking one. half of the people think everything in computer science is some incredibly hard and complicated system that just creating calculator for windows is an undertaking worthy of a nobel prize. The other half think everything is easy and is done with simple click and dragging interfaces. For example, lots of people ive spoken to want an android app. Thing is, the parts they want are fairly complicated, but they think it's a cakewalk and that I should have one done in a matter of 3-4 hours. In other cases, I talk about some little insignificant program I made, and they become engrossed in it like I just brought up their favorite video game.
In physics, Everyone thinks they have the solution to the problems and full understanding of the situation. In reality, they haven't got a clue, but because they see someone else give a general talk about it, they are experts all of a sudden. For example, one of my friends approached me because he knew I majored in physics and said "I think I know the solution to string theory, I just need someone to do all the math." To me, that's like saying "I think I understand how derivatives work, now I just need you to do all the math." In another scenario, my friend was trying to tell me that time travel is a simple process involving going faster than light, which he thought was an easy process. After spending 20 minutes arguing with him and trying to explain how relativity works, I gave up because he refused to accept that the problem was not as simple as he thinks.
I have to elaborate on the hacking one. half of the people think everything in computer science is some incredibly hard and complicated system that just creating calculator for windows is an undertaking worthy of a nobel prize. The other half think everything is easy and is done with simple click and dragging interfaces. For example, lots of people ive spoken to want an android app. Thing is, the parts they want are fairly complicated, but they think it's a cakewalk and that I should have one done in a matter of 3-4 hours. In other cases, I talk about some little insignificant program I made, and they become engrossed in it like I just brought up their favorite video game.
In physics, Everyone thinks they have the solution to the problems and full understanding of the situation. In reality, they haven't got a clue, but because they see someone else give a general talk about it, they are experts all of a sudden. For example, one of my friends approached me because he knew I majored in physics and said "I think I know the solution to string theory, I just need someone to do all the math." To me, that's like saying "I think I understand how derivatives work, now I just need you to do all the math." In another scenario, my friend was trying to tell me that time travel is a simple process involving going faster than light, which he thought was an easy process. After spending 20 minutes arguing with him and trying to explain how relativity works, I gave up because he refused to accept that the problem was not as simple as he thinks.
