"Only ask professionals" perspective an it's relationship in open source.

[LauraHilliger]

Sometimes people new in a particular career/industry have the idea that only those trained in that field should have a opinion / be allowed to have an opinion. What they forget is we are influenced by everything we see and experience, and a specialized degree doesn't necessarily mean that one's voice is "worth" more than someone else's. Something here about generalists, specialists, experts, novices in FOSS

How we should be open to respond to "untrained" opinion because they aren't jaded by potentially false ideas. Something about how an idea becomes tangible.

[semioticrobotic]

I'm very keen to see this one from you, @LauraHilliger —especially because I imagine that shifting public opinion on the role of "experts," the nature of "expertise," and the legitimacy of certain forms of knowledge/knowledge production are pressing issues for Greenpeace right now (e.g., regarding climate change).