Comment by appearsonline

I find it funny how you go from

>This whole question really stems from a sad and pervasive tendency for 'intelligent' people to overestimate their general expertise

to

>Within a community, individuals should only be judged based on their contributions and value within that community.

and then justify that with

>Everyone is not expected to be right, or agreeable, about everything, with everyone else. Aiming for this is pointless.

I'm not sure you agree with yourself.