I am always amazed at how console scenes have the ability to bring together people who
clearly have no idea what they're doing, where the topic and goal at hand are
way above their heads, and
anyone with half a clue can see that, and yet they themselves seem to be incapable of realizing that fact.
Everywhere else where this happens, it's usually one person at a time, and all everyone else can do is shake their heads and continue moving on (or not moving on, depending). But here, somehow, every now and then a random little "groups" or "teams" pops up, full of apparently clueless people, all reinforcing each other and yet ultimately incapable of doing anything useful for the subject at hand. The collective
Dunning-Kruger effect in full swing.
And then, when we point this out, we're branded elitists.
Seriously, guys, this stuff isn't rocket science, but you don't learn it in a day. Or a year. I knew what a symbol was >10 years ago. It doesn't have to take that long, but it also doesn't take less than 1/10th of that time unless you're some kind of genius.
(Note: I am basing this on the aforementioned cache link by delroth as being representative of what this team's knowledge level is. Feel free to prove me wrong by providing counter-evidence.)
