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I think this sort of topic seems more-inviting-than-usual to those without expert knowledge. An average thread here about e.g. the BEAM VM (something I have expertise on) is usually very well-thought-out and fact-based, because enthusiasm to talk about it usually goes up with experience.

In politics, meanwhile, the true experts are more-often-than-not the people who left the room early before the shouting began. ;)

pg has a good essay on it, "Keep Your Identity Small" [0].

[0] - http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html

A valid complaint, but it's bad to stop just there. Could you enlighten us all and share some of your expert knowledge on the topic?

"interestingly this is only ever apparent when a topic comes up that I am an expert in."

Which topic?

It's called the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect

I suspect this is some variant of Parkinson's law combined with Dunning-Kruger effect.

> interestingly this is only ever apparent when a topic comes up that I am an expert in.

What other circumstances would you expect it in?