The Level of Self-Awareness in Philosophy

As a professor of philosophy in the Cambridge Philosophy Department, you discuss issues with 'a far greater degree of self-awareness' than most people. The level of appreciation of the quality of the discussion is entirely different. All together different levels of expertise and concentration are required. And of course there's also the point that should the guy in the dog and duck say something that's really sharp and original, it's likely to pass in theDog and Duck for just something else he's said.