If @Burrawang wants to consider himself a scientist rather than a technician then that’s fine by me. But it does mean that he will need to meet higher standards in terms of getting his facts straight if he wants anyone to assume good faith on his part.
In any case, I would expect technicians as well as scientists to have a solid understanding of what error bars are, how they work, what they signify, and what you can and can not legitimately claim about them. That’s beginner stuff. Measurement 101. The kind of thing you learn in secondary school.