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You're very optimistic to think that by destroying the notion of "gatekeepers of truth", people will simply think critically for themselves. I think most peopl

by ausbah 7y ago

You're very optimistic to think that by destroying the notion of "gatekeepers of truth", people will simply think critically for themselves. I think most people either don't know how, don't care enough, or have enough time to think long and hard about every subject. I'd wager most people rather are OK with outsourcing critical thinking on most matters to authority figures of some kind. So when people are no longer capable of recognizing legitimate sources of truth, they likely gravitate towards whatever figure aligns with their biases & beliefs. Yes there are problems with having gatekeepers of any kind, but I'd rather have that then a world where some random moron spouting conspiracy theories is taken seriously by too many people.

cryptica 7y ago
On subjects that they don't understand but which affect them, I think it's better if non-experts follow their own gut instinct rather than to defer thinking to someone that they don't know who supposedly understands the subject. Human elites are liars and cheaters, the so-called expert is more likely to be a skilled con artist than a skilled expert. I trust that even so-called morons have decent common sense. Probably better than a lot of elites even.