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can a self taught person still have credentiality in your perspective?

I do understand that information comes in almost daily.

maybe it could be compared to surfing a wave, how to read all the influences,
stay on top of it all, and still hold a sense of the waves you have known before, knowing the next one will be as different as we are told all snowflakes are.
The adrenaline rush of gaining more understanding is understandable.
I would put forth the idea that keeping it all in perspective is daunting yet exciting.