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> people feel they have to be over some threshold of expertise to post comments about that “that” being things that are not political or religious. What vacci
by vegetablepotpie 5y ago
> people feel they have to be over some threshold of expertise to post comments about that
“that” being things that are not political or religious.
What vaccines and 5G have shown is that you do not need to be qualified to talk about a topic. A strong opinion about anything is what qualifies you to be an expert in 2021.
Based on that article and my memory, this is a phenomenon that has happened in the last 10 years. Why this may be the case is something I’m not sure of. There are some possibilities. Perhaps the rise of mainstream social media allowed everyone to find their people, which emboldened people with minority opinions. Or maybe rising income inequality is making people feel increasingly powerless and this influences them to assert themselves in areas outside of politics and religion.
- cratermoon 5y agoA strong opinion AND a large Instagram following.
- dalbasal 5y agoI think social media culture has a lot to do with it. It is a cultural thing, after all. Political culture of the last few years also has something to do with it. Almost everything can be associated with a political faction now, 5G, vaccines, celebrity squabbles, ocean acidification, early human migration theories... Political culture bleeds out.
- bmm6o 5y agoIt's a little dated now, but all your friends who were constitutional scholars last month are epidemiologists this month. I agree that it seems to be a new phenomenon and i think it's partly social media but also our tendency to be always online. We see so many headlines and hot takes that it feels like actual knowledge.
- dools 5y ago> Why this may be the case is something I’m not sure of. Simple: Facebook
- runawaybottle 5y agoThe word you seek is dilettante. It can make the sincere look insane when they react naturally to it.