Jiro comments on A quick heuristic for evaluating elites (or anyone else)

[Jiro]

Military generals aren’t called generals because they are specialists.

This is true only in the sense that they aren’t called generals because they are pianos.

I hate argument-by-folk-etymology. From Wikipedia:

The adjective general had been affixed to officer designations since the late medieval period to indicate relative superiority or an extended jurisdiction.