I too once presumed that those people knew better than me and others. I can not stress how wrong I was.

I was so often flabbergasted at the incompetence and ignorance of those "in the know" that I now believe that their positions have nothing to do with being the best at what they do.

Some of it is Hanlon's razor read forward, but the rest is Hanlon's razor read backwards. Either way, it's terrifying for someone like me who doesn't think themselves as particularly intelligent.