No, but you should exhibit will to learn stuff and to understand the matter best you can.
I don't expect anyone to understand thermodynamics or semiconductors.
But I would expect everyone here to understand boosting. And to have a very basic, qualitative understanding of how heat accumulates and dissipates - especially when they spend so much time discussing it. It's secondary school level of understanding the world.
Been heavily into computers for 25+ years. I still learn something new. It's an ever changing landscape. I don't like gatekeeping, and I'm not implying you are. Though I do see your POV. I don't involve myself in many discussion boards because that type of spec talk hurts my head. People chasing a bigger number. Twitter and that reddit place is worse. It's gotten even worse with AMD and Intel playing those word games in their public facing messages. I sound like someone's granddad, but it has to be said at some point.
At the same time, I kind of like the new faces. Youthful generations getting into computing because it's more cool now that you can potentially become rich off of it or use it to help your goals. I don't know what teenagers like these days. Becoming influencers? Even Apple slyly admitted their earlier goals of the iPad replacing computers wasn't realistic.