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“Expert witnesses” then?

• ben_w 6y ago
  “Expert” is a misused term, much like “exponential”. I see the value of the press as being as much of an intelligence agency as the combined CIA, NSA, and FBI, but serving the electorate and investigating all those with power — politicians, police, military, religious, business, and so on — so that the electorate can make informed decisions. I don’t know how to get there from here. Heck, I don’t even know if we’ve ever really been there, or if the press has always been comfortably manipulated by those with power. But yeah, I assume genuine experts are part of the solution.
  • contravariant 6y ago
    Off topic, but 'exponential decrease' is my favourite misuse, simply because exponential decrease is slower than a linear (steady) decrease.