[blueunicorn6]

I call it Competency Transfer Bias. This is the belief that showing competence in one area means that a person is competent in another, or all, area(s). I worked in an organization where long-distance runners were promoted ahead of all others because if you were a good long-distance runner, well, you must automatically be a good leader. It makes as much sense as thinking that somebody who can bench press 350 pounds will automatically be a good surgeon.

[virgil283]

"Competency Transfer"...so true I met a Dr. who everyone said he was brilliant..and he was..but when he came to something mechanical he was like a calf looking at a new gate....just what you said...