U mean, like historians? If an historian says that 'making stuff up' isn't actually historiography, does that historian get attacked? Why, yes. Yes indeed.

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Oh I agree with you overall. That was just one industry that came to mind, where not accepting the word of the first expert you talk to is relatively standard.

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But when the legal specialist you contacted because of their background says "you need to go after your local police department not the FBI because this isn't their jurisdiction" I don't think you really need a second opinion, let alone one after you throw a rhetorical grenade at the first opinion.

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And I'm entirely in favor of that. I will often tell someone who is on the fence about my advice to check with someone else who might have a different approach, and I'll generally give them names. A lot of my field is unsettled and the best i can do is "here's what *I* would do but YMMV."

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I mean, to be fair, we do seek Second Opinions pretty frequently, when it comes to medical diagnoses. Usually we don’t call the doctor a lying cuck as we storm out of the office, but going to another doctor after seeing the first one seems pretty common to me.

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