"If you’re not expert in a field you should find out who is and listen to them, not to a random dude who may or may not be an expert in something totally different."

-- Andreas Gunnarsson, member of the Giga Society, the most exclusive IQ society in the world. One-in-a-Billion IQ, >190+, 99.999999999th percentile.

If literally one of the smartest human beans on the planet says this, should we not just defer to him and trust the science?

Some other cool quotes:
> It’s always fun to learn new stuff and it was great to meet so many intelligent people. I have heard some people say that they did not know how to study before attending University and it came as a big surprise. I share that feeling. As the courses got more advanced and I could rely less on prior knowledge I noticed that I actually had to put in quite a bit of effort which I wasn’t prepared for.
>Not really. I think that a degree is valuable in general, but it’s in my experience most valuable in the beginning of the career. When you’ve worked for a while it’s more important to have work experience. I imagine that an academic degree can be more important in some countries than in others, and it’s probably very good if you want to change field. And of course a requirement in academia.