• chitak166@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    If experts were always right, you’d have a point.

    But history has shown that experts will routinely abuse their position of authority to exploit those who do not know any better.

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      All the more reason to teach people more reliable ways of evaluating claims and information. Then, when an expert—or more likely, a politician—spreads bullshit, people will be better equipped to detect it.