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Wow. Are you really equating expertise with religious fervor? The anti-expertise movement is what I would describe as religious fervor, not the other way round

• fuzz4lyfe 7y ago
  Real expertise isn't a problem. A expert plumber is shown to be so by his actions. Nobody would install a leaky faucet and be able to call himself an expert. An expert psychologist for example? Her patients can remain depressed, mutilate themselves, kill themselves and even kill others and yet she will remain an "expert" mostly on the basis that she was educated at a place that similarly ineffective experts have claimed is a good place for a psychologist to come from. I suppose the trouble is experts by education got lumped in by experts by results at some point down the line.
• cat199 7y ago
  here, have some economics experts: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/view/ https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/view/ https://www.cato.org/research/growth-development https://www.cato.org/research/growth-development how big is the middle part of the venn diagram here? being skeptical of domain-experts is only 'religious fervor' if the field is cut-and-dried. many aren't
  • Lendal 7y ago
    Let me guess. You cherry-picked some cases where experts were wrong. Am I right? Here, read this: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Expertise-Campaign-Established-Knowledge-dp-0190865970/dp/0190865970/ref=mt_paperback https://www.amazon.com/Death-Expertise-Campaign-Established-... I don't have time for this.
    • cat199 7y ago
      cherry picked? yes and no. These are both hugely influential policy think tanks which hire experts. They both have hugely differing views on the economy. Or is providing evidence to support a claim now 'cherry picking' to be dismissed? And if so, aren't you proving my point?