What sort of engineering do you often receive questions about and simultaneously know little of? I have a mechanical background but often are tasked with answering electrical related questions. Just why?

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In daily life: STOP ASKING ME IF I CAN FIX YOUR CAR OR COMPUTER!!

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In the personal life I was asked to verify the possibility of wind & solar farms causing hurricanes, thunderstorms, and generally changing overall weather patterns because of some Facebook post with a guy saying that's what will happen.

Professionally it's the typical, engineers know everything technical/academia and nothing "real" world...

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