# What subject would you choose to become the world's greatest expert in? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 22, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-choose-to-become-the-worlds-greatest-expert-in/460944 "2008-08-22T17:45:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ChrisBooth12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-choose-to-become-the-worlds-greatest-expert-in/460944/21 "2008-08-22T21:08:08Z")
Cold nuclear fusion ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-choose-to-become-the-worlds-greatest-expert-in/460944/22 "2008-08-22T21:24:37Z")
Women. Ages 18-35. I’d love to get me some real hands-on experience. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-choose-to-become-the-worlds-greatest-expert-in/460944/23 "2008-08-22T21:26:57Z")
[QUOTE=Amp] I bet not as fun as my subject. [/QUOTE] But I can pick up your subject on the side. I doubt you can do the same for mine. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![stanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-choose-to-become-the-worlds-greatest-expert-in/460944/24 "2008-08-22T21:54:16Z")
- What subject would you choose to become the world’s greatest expert in? \* Alyson Hannigan. I realize it would take years of close examination, and countless hours of hands-on study, but I am ready to begin. Barring that blatant fantasy - automotive internal combustion engines and drivetrains. I’m an automotive mechanical geek. A very lonely one. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-choose-to-become-the-worlds-greatest-expert-in/460944/25 "2008-08-22T22:01:42Z")
[QUOTE=WormTheRed] Chuck Norris would still round-kick you to the moon and back 🆒 [/QUOTE] Unless he’s started wearing a ‘hoody’ and hanging about the streets drinking ‘Wicked’, kicking passing cats and generally being a public nuisance, I doubt our paths would cross. But if they did, I’d obviously let him off with a stern warning. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-choose-to-become-the-worlds-greatest-expert-in/460944/26 "2008-08-22T22:29:55Z")
Guitars. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-choose-to-become-the-worlds-greatest-expert-in/460944/27 "2008-08-22T22:30:41Z")
Martial arts. If I didn’t have to have a job I’d be a freakin’ Swordmaster of Ginaz. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-choose-to-become-the-worlds-greatest-expert-in/460944/28 "2008-08-22T23:38:17Z")
Either Anaerobic Digestion, especially tweaking the consortia into digesting wastes, or Humorous Writing Through History. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-choose-to-become-the-worlds-greatest-expert-in/460944/29 "2008-08-22T23:48:07Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] Unless he’s started wearing a ‘hoody’ and hanging about the streets drinking ‘Wicked’, kicking passing cats and generally being a public nuisance, I doubt our paths would cross. But if they did, I’d obviously let him off with a stern warning. 😛 [/QUOTE] No - he’d maybe let you off with one 😉 > [@pravnik](#): > > Martial arts. If I didn’t have to have a job I’d be a freakin’ Swordmaster of Ginaz. Chuck would still round-kick you to the moon and back. Just as **ivan astikov** Chuck Norris defies all champions (no matter what they’re the champion of) and wins. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-choose-to-become-the-worlds-greatest-expert-in/460944/30 "2008-08-22T23:59:19Z")
[QUOTE=WormTheRed] No - he’d maybe let you off with one 😉 Chuck would still round-kick you to the moon and back. Just as **ivan astikov** Chuck Norris defies all champions (no matter what they’re the champion of) and wins. [/QUOTE] But what if Chuck were teaching the class, with the express purpose of creating a badass badassier than even he is? Surely you’re not suggesting that Chuck could FAIL. Especially as he’s standing right over there, round-kicking Galactus into submission. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-choose-to-become-the-worlds-greatest-expert-in/460944/31 "2008-08-23T00:23:53Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] But what if Chuck were teaching the class, with the express purpose of creating a badass badassier than even he is? Surely you’re not suggesting that Chuck could FAIL. Especially as he’s standing right over there, round-kicking Galactus into submission. [/QUOTE] You just made my head explode - that just can’t be. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-choose-to-become-the-worlds-greatest-expert-in/460944/32 "2008-08-23T00:45:03Z")
Technical Writing. Really. Then I would use my new-found powers for good, and write the perfect instruction manual for technical writing. And never again have to slog through five manufacturer’s manuals to write a useable SOP. - ``` somebody's has been spending way to much time reading manuals recently * ``` ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-choose-to-become-the-worlds-greatest-expert-in/460944/33 "2008-08-23T00:48:46Z")
Brewmaster or master distiller. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-choose-to-become-the-worlds-greatest-expert-in/460944/34 "2008-08-23T01:05:52Z")
Fluvial morphology. Just kidding! Actually I’d like to learn as much as I could about dam failures, and I’d love to add to the body of knowledge about the subject through research. I’m probably too old now though. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-choose-to-become-the-worlds-greatest-expert-in/460944/35 "2008-08-23T01:16:27Z")
Visual effects. Right now I have a C average, though. ---
**Author:** ![Lavender\_Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b782af/32.png) [@Lavender\_Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lavender_Falcon)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-choose-to-become-the-worlds-greatest-expert-in/460944/36 "2008-08-23T01:42:14Z")
Animal behavior. ---
**Author:** ![JayRx1981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@JayRx1981](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayRx1981)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-choose-to-become-the-worlds-greatest-expert-in/460944/37 "2008-08-23T02:41:33Z")
Human pathophysiology. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-choose-to-become-the-worlds-greatest-expert-in/460944/38 "2008-08-23T03:12:06Z")
Right now I’m into waiting for caterpillars…this is the first ever year I’ve _ **not** _ seen any on the thousands of plants I grow every year. No monarchs, a few tiger swallowtails, a few Black swallowtails… no caterpillars, at all. I’m becoming an expert at waiting for caterpillars. Oops, you said “choose to”…Damn. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-choose-to-become-the-worlds-greatest-expert-in/460944/39 "2008-08-23T14:11:57Z")
I’ve always wanted to be an expert witness, or “noted” in a field. Maybe some aspect of forensic science. Toxicology? Animal behavior? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-subject-would-you-choose-to-become-the-worlds-greatest-expert-in/460944/40 "2008-08-23T16:23:28Z")
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