In praise of specialists

 

With the world becoming more and more complicated we need specialists in all sorts of things.

Take computers for instance. My techie specialist opened our computer case and showed me the inside. He showed me the motherboard, and the RAM chips, hard drive and all the other bits including all the wires like spaghetti everywhere. I asked him why there are so many wires. He said it is to discourage amateurs and novices from opening computer cases. Sometimes the techies put a lot of wires in the case that don't connect to anything but they are just there to make things look complicated for the rest of us. Also, it is easier than throwing bits of wires away in the trash. Just put them in the computer case.

Car mechanics are also specialists. They can tell you what's wrong with a car even if there's nothing wrong with it. Take a brand new car to a car specialist and he'll find something wrong with it.

Electrical and mechanical engineers are specialists too. Our air-conditioning and central heating system was not working properly. I called a specialist from a specialist website. This man arrived in a big van with his name and the fact that he was a specialist written on the side of the vehicle.

He looked at the system and soon diagnosed the fault. He said it needed a new B2 part. 

"A P2 part?" I asked.

"No ... a B2," he said, "A P2 is an entirely different part. I have all sorts of parts in my van for all sorts of air-conditioning and central heating systems and makes and models, including many P2 parts. But I don't have a B2 part. I'll have to order one. It is not made in this country. It has to come from a totally different solar system than the one we are in. It's expensive too. The B2 part costs more than the whole air-conditioning and central heating system. In fact it costs more than your whole house. It would be cheaper and quicker to move house!"

So you see; I would not have known all that if it was not for a specialist. 

Doctors are specialists too. Some specialise in brain surgery, some are heart specialists, foot specialists and so on. Short doctors are usually knee specialists.

A friend of mine is a medic. He has specialised in the left nostril. He knows all there is to know about left nostrils. If you have a problem with your left nostril my friend is your man. If your problem is in the right nostril then he can't help you. You'd wish your problem was in the left nostril to seek his help. Either that, or go to another specialist who specialises in right nostrils. 

So there you have it. We need specialists in all fields in life. Including country fields, green fields, grazing fields, football fields, baseball fields, and all kinds of fields you care to specialise in.

I specialise in nonsense.

Are you a specialist? What in?