Experts themselves have created the problem. People mistrust experts not because people worship ignorance and wallow in their own narcissism - which many people

Experts themselves have created the problem. People mistrust experts not because people worship ignorance and wallow in their own narcissism - which many people do, certainly - but because experts are routinely bought and sold by non-experts. Need a tax break? Buy a politician and start shopping for an expert. Eventually you'll find one. Here's a tasty example -- http://boards.fool.com/scholes-quotim-being-trapped-herequot-19313877.aspx?sort=postdate http://boards.fool.com/scholes-quotim-being-trapped-herequot... It's the money and power that people mistrust. The expert's puppet strings are visible from space.