Do professors know/understand everything?

Question

I mean only in their area of course.In other words-can a professor answer all my questions in the curtain field of knowledge?Because i know my biology techer didn't know what to answer when i asked her "why are ants so strong" not to mention anything connected to bodybuilding-proteins,muscles,anabolism.

Answer 1

Nobody knows and/or understands 'everything'. Typically a professor engages in a specialty or even a "sub-specialty" which they know quite well. The ancillary and prerequisite informational background then becomes outside their scope.

A generalist in science therefore will usually be the better teacher of general course work such as nonspecific biology and as such specialization is better left to the advanced sciences where a specific discipline is covered in detail.

Finally, though ants are very strong, their strength varys from species to species. They are also very fast and capable of sophisticated team work operations where a coordinated effort is required. I don't think that the "reason" for their strength is a known entity. However, it is quite true that if we had comparative strength we could easily toss cars and trucks around with ease.

Bodybuilding proteins muscles and so forth are better handled by a person with a good background in biochemistry and anatomy ... or even kinesiology.

It's simply too difficult to know all things. That's why I became a researcher.

Answer 2

no never like the thing no human is perfect. your professor may say he is an expert in his field ask him a question from another class in the same field he gets screwed and talks about something else. some professors just brag so as to creat an impression on students and for respect. some random questions that are asked to teachers are enough to make them scream should give unused comments like this is an unimportant question or get pissed off.

like i said NOBODY IS PERFECT

the answer for your question is an ant is strong bcoz it has an exoskeleton or a bony structure covering the abdomen. which is mainly made of protiens and fats and lipids

Answer 3

No, they could not possibly know everything in their field or in any field for that matter. Everything is constantly being studied further and no one can keep up with all the knowledge of the day.

Most times professors know less than those that are actually in their fields of expertise doing the work . There's an old saying that goes, "Those who know, do, and those that don't know, teach. There's some truth to that but obviously in order for them to be teachers, they must also know something about what they are teaching..

Please don't lose faith in your professor if he/she doesn't know everything. No one does. It's when they get political or out of their field where you should be skeptical of their opinions.

I hope that helps.

Answer 4

Looks like you're in a bad case of being under an "inappropriate" teacher. Trust me, it happens.

First of all, it is impossible - I repeat, IMPOSSIBLE - to know everything about anything. You can take a hundred year course and you will end up only knowing what you know, and that's not everything.

Secondly, listen to yourself: did you ask the question the right way? Your teacher may have misconstruded the query. Also, try to give her some time. Even teacher have to read before they tell you anything. If you can't get the answer from her - it is not necessary that you get it from her. Even experts, let say, biologists, have to ask fellow biologists for fact confirmation.

Last, we can't escape the reality that there are indeed "professionals" who are not competent in their fields.

Live with it. God bless you always.

Answer 5

Chances are they can answer most of your questions. But, whilst they are an expert in their fields, they are never the less falible. A professor at my old uni began to specialise in Fiji about 10 years ago. Other academics (some of whom have worked in this area for 30+ years, still say she is 'new to the area').

No one person can know everything about anything.

Answer 6

Sometimes they don't even know things about their field.

A cinema professor I had made us look at a scene in a film where the camera was locked at a slightly high angle looking down at our cast of characters eating dinner on a park bench. The scene goes on for about 4 or 5 minutes, and the camera is still locked in the same place, recording every second, watching the actors give their delivery, never cutting to anything else.

According to the professor, that one shot is a brilliant piece of directing. I describe this scene to my friends and family who know NOTHING about the art of cinema, and they all think that's he's full of crap. It's not a fine example of directing, but one of ACTING. lol

Answer 7

Wow! i wish no one does that. Scientists are purely like certainly all and sundry else. even even with the indisputable fact that they attempt to be purpose, they have their biases and each so often their interpretation of the info they see could properly be tainted with tips from their bias purely like anybody else. form of like the different perspectives of the elephant tale. nonetheless, no one must be worried of searching for actuality, no remember if that's by way of technological awareness or faith. I doubt many (if any) human beings have surely considered an atom or DNA or historic skeletons and fossils. So i assume there's a level of religion required to have faith the scientists' approaches have been precise in gathering their samples and sorting out them, and that they have got precise sequenced each and all the DNA, that they have got assembled the pile of bones properly and positioned the plaster interior the final suited place to fill the lacking products. thoughts like the pig's tooth that unexpectedly became an entire human ancestor make me a sprint leery of believing each and every thing scientists tell me, yet there is relatively an excellent sort of excellent technological awareness available as properly. I form of choose we'd cease spending billions of greenbacks attempting to injury atoms mutually even with the indisputable fact that and spend our scientific money on issues that could help the international.

Answer 8

Christ no. They may be respected in their field, but that doesn't mean they are an encyclopedia of everything related to that field. This is especially true of fields where the knowledge base is constantly changing. You can't expect anyone to stand on firm ground when there's always an earthquake going on.

Answer 9

No, but they should be able to answer some of your questions about the course and a few others, but probably won't have time to answer all your questions. There's this place called a library though that has these things called books. If you haven't heard of them yet, you should give both the books and the library a try!

Answer 10

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