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>[...] almost NO experts ANYWHERE in government are good at their jobs. Doctors at the NIH, scientists at the Department of Energy, biologists at USAMRIID, etc
by ciarannolan 6y ago
>[...] almost NO experts ANYWHERE in government are good at their jobs.
Doctors at the NIH, scientists at the Department of Energy, biologists at USAMRIID, etc etc etc.
All bad at their jobs? What kind of absurd reductionist take is this?
- DaiPlusPlus 6y agoA “small-government” libertarian argument predicated on the assumption that the private sector - with its profit-motive - yields better overall results. Ayn Randian bollocks to be sure.
- giardini 6y agociarannolan says "Doctors at the NIH, scientists at the Department of Energy, biologists at USAMRIID, etc etc etc. All bad at their jobs?" Yes. See the book "Wrong: Why Experts Keep Failing Us" by David H. Freedman. Meanwhile... "No lesson seems to be so deeply inoculated by the experience of life as that you never should trust experts." - Lord Salisbury
- giardini 6y agoLet's start with CDC: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/cdc-coronavirus-containment-redfield https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/cdc-coronavi...
- giardini 6y agoThen take a look at "I Quit" at: https://medium.com/@jamesheathers/i-quit-be062295f638 https://medium.com/@jamesheathers/i-quit-be062295f638