Not of their subject specifically, but the ability to talk about something at length with only a superficial knowledge. Yes, I had politicians in mind, as well as journalists and fiction writers. Hardly the cream of society
Anyone who has taken an undergraduate degree in the humanities has taken a degree in bluffing. The idea that one could become an expert in Victorian literature, existentialism or the Byzantine Empire in a few weeks is nonsense. What you DO learn is how to lie and get away with it
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That "competence" or (to use a sickening non-word) "employability" is exactly the ability to talk about something without producing anything of substance
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Not at all, I'm not bemoaning people. We're all victims of a poor education
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Oh, agreed
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