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> Implying that most experts have agendas that supersede the truth is outrageous and frankly dangerous. I think that "experts with agendas that supersede the t
by engi_nerd 10y ago
> Implying that most experts have agendas that supersede the truth is outrageous and frankly dangerous.
I think that "experts with agendas that supersede the truth" claim is true if you consider the pool of pundits that regularly appear in mainstream media. Unfortunately they are not representative of scientists like yourself.
- psyklic 10y agoThis attitude of not trusting experts and not trusting statistics unfortunately permeates from the political arena into science. The belief that all statistics are not to be trusted is a clear danger to our society. Not trusting climate scientists. Not even trusting simple statistics on vaccinations. As another poster noted, the only alternative is ignorance.
- conistonwater 10y agoEven then the claim is not true, because then you would be wrong to call them "experts". The fault then lies not with the experts, but with the media you choose to watch.
- engi_nerd 10y agoIt would be wrong by our standards to call them "experts", but that won't stop the media from using the term. Personally I avoid news as much as possible, but it's almost impossible to avoid it totally (break rooms, visits to friends homes, etc mean that I still see a bit of mainstream news media).
- gwenzek 10y agoWell most people don't do a complete study before choosing a media. They usually just turn on TV. I think that major media companies should be more responsible of what they say. Or how do it correlate to the life of people (like for the GDP).