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> shouldn't be given extra > weight just because he's > a scientist Don't they get him over the (admittedly fairly low) bar of "able to think rationaly

• buzzybee 10y ago
  Only within topics where he has developed a sense of self-critique. It's commonplace for people to have a strong ability to be able to work through a situation rationally when it's not also tied to something in their emotions. And when someone has developed expertise they also have a common understanding with other experts. So NDT can speak with some authority on some science topics that he has directly studied. That does not make him a political scientist or philosopher, though, or even a competent student outside of his field.
• ceejayoz 10y ago
  > Don't they get him over the (admittedly fairly low) bar of "able to think rationaly" Not necessarily. http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Nobel_disease http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Nobel_disease