“Even pilots?”
Are you asking that if a pilot is a competent pilot that he may think he’s competent at everything else? It depends on the person. I, for example, know instantly if I’m qualified on any given subject. But people who don’t know what they don’t know will assume that whatever view they have on that subject is the only true view.
According to Thomas Lipmann in “Public Opinion” we all operate on the picture of reality in our heads and not on reality itself. We have an opinion on, say, gay marriage and may know nothing beyond what we’ve heard on CNN while only half listening. To that person his is the only opinion on the subject. Others know there are many complex views and they’ve read several articles and could argue the subject on TV against a proponent and tie that guy in knots. But both of these people are operating not on “reality” but on their picture of reality. (One of them, however, may have a much more accurate picture of the societal cost and long term impacts.)
No.
I was asking if doctors die in plane crashes at a higher frequency than any other profession, even pilots.
PS - Also, it was intended as a joke...
So are you for it or again it?