> When weighing people's opinions, expertise should be rewarded but commitment should be penalized.

This is straight paranoia, unless you plan on only talking to people about their job or topics that don’t interest them.

You’re clearly too committed to your opinion here.

> There is a period of time when someone is already an expert but not yet committed to any particular belief.

Experts without opinions? It sounds like you’re just talking about a toaster. Toasters have no opinions about you when you set the shade to dark, like a monster