[CoachKandSportsguy]

Many people of today conflate reading up to educate themselves on a topic, <good> with research, which is a professional term as described in the original post's quote <not the same as posters have referenced here as it won't hold up in a professional setting>. In order to perform professional research, you must have a professional education to properly evaluate the research, either performing or reading. Otherwise its just general education for your own benefit, and it won't qualify you to skip professional course credits without passing an exam. Bachelor's degrees are not professional degrees, just general education to be able to be competent in the non experienced job market.

I laughed at the posters to the medical mandate history post who argued lay legal arguments between their lay education's interpretation of today, with legal precedent and legal history. Without being a legal professional, they are just arguing their hopes and dreams with a conceptual construct which can give the illusion of being informed, but not being a professional.

The distinction is that non professional research doesn't confer professional status, nor does it confer knowledge equal to a professional. At best, it will give one confidence to better understand a professional, make a choice between two professional's for your primary source. . . that's why i argue even with my professional background in finance, to go see a CPA for tax advice, as my ability to fill out and understand taxes is better than a lay person, but its not a professional tax advice.

None of these google conferd professionals would succeed in a professional setting. I was a profession oil tanker ship captain and ship pilot in my 20s, and on a national championship sailing team in college. When i was introduced to boat owners who called themselves captains with my background, generally they stopped talking and changed topics. They realized that they were not professional, but were only trying to impress others with their stories. . .

I am sure doctor golfing raptor would most likely agree. . there is a huge difference between a professional and an amateur, you should try going one on one with any professional with experience without hiding behind anonymittee and most non narcissists will look and feel foolish. . . the narcissists, not so much. . . . I have tried in athletics, always get my ass whipped thoroughly and I surely respect the difference between my being an amateur and their being a professional. Huge gap of years of education and experience and abilities. . .