Every character on TNG was an expert in whatever they needed to be an expert in that episode.
I think there’s a big difference between Geordie doing whatever the plot needs in Engineering and Geordie showing up at a planet and the top scientists on a planet of 1 billion saying, “OMG, it’s Geordie LaForge. I read your definitive textbook on Plate Tectonics.”
It happened 3 times in one season! Being an expert in one subject is fine. Being the foremost authority in a federation of 980 Billion people is extremely unlikely. Also being the best heart surgeon and cybernetic opthalmologist is ridiculous in only a single season.
Picard had an interest in Archaeology. He didn’t write the definitive textbook on it.
I think there’s a big difference between Geordie doing whatever the plot needs in Engineering and Geordie showing up at a planet and the top scientists on a planet of 1 billion saying, “OMG, it’s Geordie LaForge. I read your definitive textbook on Plate Tectonics.”
That hardly happened regularly with Pulaski in her one season.
It happened 3 times in one season! Being an expert in one subject is fine. Being the foremost authority in a federation of 980 Billion people is extremely unlikely. Also being the best heart surgeon and cybernetic opthalmologist is ridiculous in only a single season.
Picard had an interest in Archaeology. He didn’t write the definitive textbook on it.