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That's basically how medicine or AI works

• DoreenMichele 7y ago
  To some degree, all sciences rely on the world respecting the views of "really smart people" who have PhDs or whatever. Most people aren't actually going to understand the science. Medicine seems especially reliant on the social proof angle, but a lot of science is over the heads of a lot of readers and we basically latch onto experts we respect to help us decide which statements we don't understand but will essentially take on faith.
• kortilla 7y ago
  It’s a little different because those have negative feedback loops for punishing you for being wrong. There is little punishment for being a steadfast communist/capitalist/whatever for your entire life.