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[weakwarrior]

Hi,
Hmm? So, I guess Einstein was incompetent to weigh in on the question of reference frames. After all, in 1905, he'd spent less years alive (26) than others had spent contemplating the problem (41).

That's not fair. Sure there are other things that are relevant besides time spent but he'd spent pretty much his entire life seriously studying physics. His mind helped but without the gruntwork even he couldn't get anywhere (imho). He was a member of the academia, was doing his Ph.D. at the time, and was in constant dialogue with other scientists so even the counterexample isn't analogous to people taking up climate research as a(n?) hobby.

You are making the common error that, somehow, results depend on effort. Yes, effort does enter the equation; but talent, ability, experience, training, all have equal or greater importance. And, sometimes, it's just sheer luck (ask Alexander Fleming).

Sheer luck? He had two important discoveries in his lifetime (that I know of) so again serendipity played a role but he picked up on what was going on. Just to reiterate, results don't just depend on effort and training but they are necessary. Good Will Hunting aside, people who are not engrossed in a field are not going to be where the huge breakthroughs happen.

Also, experience is not the same as time spent in a field. In many cases, what was said to the job applicant applies; "You don't have twenty years of experience; you have one year of experience, twenty times."

And again, perhaps true, but someone with no experience in the field doesn't even have one year of experience.