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An expert went to school and has a diploma. They have certificates, citations, merit awards, plaques, trophies and medal awards.

I expect all experts to produce some kind of proof that says that they did learn expertisse in any given profession.

An expert is professional.

Just because someone has some credentials and experience does not give them carte blanche credibility. Lt. Col Thomas E. Bearden PhD (retd.) { MS (nuclear engineering), BS (mathematics - minor electronic engineering)}. I think he is somewhat of a nut. I find some of his claims so outrageous that it’s entertaining.


Soviets Shot down the space shuttle Columbia and sank the USS thrasher with EM weapons.

Flight 800 was shot down with EM weapons.

He believes streptococcal infection is a symptom of electromagnetic radiation

I’m not going to go blind over some alleged credentials or ignore my skepticism and logic.

Just because someone is a professional doesn’t necessarily mean that you should take their word as gospel. I’ve heard doctors and pain management specialists claim that the maximum amount of pain that you can feel is the equivalent of sticking your foot or hand in ice water for something like 5-20 minutes. I can tell you with absolute certainty that that is a lie to the extreme; I would think that most here would agree. I think the doctors and medical staff that claim that are complete frauds/quacks and are trying to bully and con the patients; either that or they have no clue how severe pain can be. I feel any doctor or medical professional that makes such ridiculous claims are frauds and should lose their medical licenses and should be charged criminally with torture and fraud. I feel they should be charged with murder; every time this type of fraudulent pseudoscientific rhetoric drives a patient to suicide because they are neglected.

I think credentials is just a method of filtering. A person with better credentials is more likely to know what they are doing and be a professional; but it doesn’t necessarily guarantee that they will know what they’re doing and are capable of being a professional.

Tesla was a genius and was a very good scientist expert in many respects; however he was fairly unprofessional in that he was not very good at profiting from his work.

Many geniuses throughout history have been forgotten and have had their works and discoveries dismissed, lost or overlooked because they were too busy inventing and tinkering and didn’t spend enough time documenting, getting recognition, and self-promoting.

Many discoveries have been made repeatedly before they were documented and accepted by the public.

I have met many people that alleged they had credentials and seem to have credentials and education but didn’t seem to have a clue what they were doing. I suspect many have cheated their way through school and/or job or have stolen the identities of others. I’ve had to fire many of these people. I think that's why many of these people become salesmen, management and teachers or write a book or make a movie; because they can't handle it in the real world.

Jimmy Carter was NOT a Nuclear Expert..

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq60-14.htm

After completing two years of surface ship duty, Carter chose to apply for submarine duty. Accepted, he began the six-month course at the U.S. Navy Submarine School, Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut from 14 June to 17 December 1948.

Upon completion of the course, Carter was assigned to USS Pomfret (SS 391) based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii where he reported on board on 29 December. Pomfret left on a simulated war patrol to the western Pacific and the Chinese coast on 4 January 1949. On board, Carter qualified in a submarine on 4 February, and served as Communications Officer, Sonar Officer, Electronics Officer, Gunnery Officer and Supply Officer. On 9 March, he served as the approach officer for a simulated torpedo firing at target ships, and scored a "hit." The submarine returned to Pearl Harbor on 25 March. Soon after Carter's promotion to Lieutenant Junior Grade on 5 June 1949, Pomfret was sent in July to San Diego where the submarine operated along the California coast.

Detached from Pomfret on 1 February 1951, Carter was assigned as Engineering Officer for the precommissioning detail for USS K-1 (SSK 1). K-1, the first postwar submarine built, was under construction by Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Connecticut. After K-1's commissioning on 10 November 1951, Carter served as Executive Officer, Engineering Officer, and Electronics Repair Officer. During this tour he also qualified for command of a submarine.

When Admiral Hyman G. Rickover (then a captain) started his program to create nuclear powered submarines, Carter wanted to join the program and was interviewed by Rickover. On 1 June 1952, Carter was promoted to Lieutenant. Selected by Rickover, Carter was detached on 16 October 1952 from K-1 for duty with the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Reactor Development in Schenectady, New York. From 3 November 1952 to 1 March 1953, he served on temporary duty with the Naval Reactors Branch, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, DC to assist "in the design and development of nuclear propulsion plants for naval vessels."

From 1 March to 8 October, Carter was preparing to become the engineering officer for the nuclear power plant to be placed in USS Seawolf (SSN 575), one of the first submarines to operate on atomic power. He assisted in setting up training for the enlisted men who would serve on Seawolf. During this time his father became very sick and died in July 1953. After his father's death in 1953, Carter resigned from the Navy to return to Georgia to manage the family interests. Carter was honorably discharged on 9 October 1953 at Headquarters, Third Naval District in New York City. On 7 December 1961, he transferred to the retired reserve with the rank of Lieutenant at his own request.