Beginner: I'm such an idiot
Intermediate: I'm great at this!
Advanced: wow I still have a lot to learn
Master: I can tell you in extreme detail the ways in which I'm an idiot
@calcifer Master "I know that every expert in the field is a joke like me"
@calcifer
If that is an equivalence characterisation, it turns everything I thought to know about my qualifications in nice little pile of rubble.
@calcifer mfw the Dunning Kruger effect
@dragfyre yep that’s pretty much what happens at “Intermediate”
Scientist: Uh... that's odd...
@calcifer
At the higher levels, you get to teach people how to be an idiot.