Sure, let's beat up this metaphor.
I would say the ignorant one of us is the one who isn't taking into account the nature of the job being done? What makes you think that a) my task is life or death and also b) I'm not equipped to figure out how dangerous it is?
To pull out the camera. I'd like to spread Unix tools to everyone, or at least "more people than use them now." I understand though, for a lot of people, they'd rather gatekeep.