What is an "expert"

[bvdp]

I was going though a fake book looking for some interesting songs to play and stumbled across a song Petula Clark did in the '60s: This Is My Song.

Certainly not the best writing since Bach ... but I thought it was okay. Hadn't realized that it was written by Charlie Chaplin, nor that it was written in 1966.

But, here's where the "experts" come into the story. According to a fairly long article on Wikipedia:

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_My_Song_%281967_song%29

everyone looking at the song, including Clark's advisors, and Pet herself thought the song was silly, dated and generally crap. But, record they did. And they ended up with a multilingual international #1.

So ... guess the moral of the story is don't believe the experts

And, don't trust me either ... I don't see the problem with the song or the lyrics. A tad sentimental, but certainly no worse than the repetitive crap I hear on the airwaves today.

Just me musing ....

[Oren]

...the moral of the story is don't believe the experts
Just me musing ....

Generally, the more a person learns about a subject, the more they realize how little they understand of its nuances and subtleties. 
A person who accepts the title of "expert" (or worse - bestows it upon themselves) has not yet learned enough to realize how little they know.
It seems to me that, if this person continues to consider themselves an expert, it is very likely that meaningful learning (at least in that field) has ended.

[folderol]

It seems to me that, if this person continues to consider themselves an expert, it is very likely that meaningful learning (at least in that field) has ended.

Very well put indeed!