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  • Essay / Appearance: Physique, appearance, emotions and...

    The world has many ultracrepidarians - people who offer opinions and facts on subjects beyond their capacity of knowledge or expertise. In society, there are people who know, and there are people who think they know. Often, it is those who think they know who are the most vocal and who make the most noise. These people need to make sure that they appear more educated than they really are, and they need to make sure that everyone knows it. They like to pretend to be experts, but don't have what it takes to become one. Take the cast of Pawn Stars, for example. Family members Rick, Corey and Richard Harrison run a world-famous pawn shop in Las Vegas, featured on their television show. This television program, which airs on the History Channel, records random people bringing in their "rare" items to sell to pawn shops. The owners always share their expertise and knowledge on each item brought in and negotiate a price. As credible as the show is, it is entirely staged and scripted. The pawn shop is a replica of the actual merchandise, and each "customer" is given a script and given an item to "sell". There are few parts of the show that are authentic, but viewers are led to believe that Rick, Corey, and Richard are actually experts in many varied subjects, or ultracrepidarians. They mask their true intellectual constitution by appearing to be