Stephen Colbert spells out the secret of being an expert on anything in this Wired article. For example:
PICK A FIELD THAT CAN'T BE VERIFIED. Try something like string theory or God’s will: “I speak to God. I’m sorry that you can’t also.” Security experts are in this category: They have security clearances, we don’t. We can’t question the expertise of the NSA because we are not in the NSA.
USE THE WORD ZEITGEIST AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE. Ideally, you want to find words that sound familiar but people don’t really know their definitions: zeitgeist, bildungsroman, doppelgänger – better yet, anything Latin. But avoid paradigm. It’s so 1994. If you say the word paradigm, everybody knows you’re a poser.
Pfah, a canoe, amateurs... what about a vikingship (!) made from popsiclesticks? It went on a journey from Holland to Amerika yesterday http://www.nu.nl/news/1513351/122/rss/IJsstokjesboot_vertrokken_naar_Amerika.html (site is in Dutch, sorry, but the pictures speak for themselves)
This is an absolutely amazing use for recycling others' trash. It's what I love to do, but I haven't built anything this incredible yet. All of my stuff is simply artwork! Great work!
Creative, useful, and the chopsticks really made for a lovely overall appearance! I've definitely gotta hand it to the guy; this is a fantastic piece of work.
the Vikingship wasn't from used popsicles, that indeed is the downside to that story. However, someone somewhere else on the big wide internets pointed out that the polyester coat on the chopstick-canoe makes it totally environmentally UNfriendly.
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I'm an expert in thanking people for linking to me.
Really, test me.
My doppleganger will conquer the zeitgeist.
And you'll love me for it.
/colbert voice
(site is in Dutch, sorry, but the pictures speak for themselves)