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Which is exactly how the "think for yourself" logic works. They call you specifically to ignore authorities, and once you filtered out the specialists, what is
by soco 5y ago
Which is exactly how the "think for yourself" logic works. They call you specifically to ignore authorities, and once you filtered out the specialists, what is left? Opinions of loud nobodies where the results will be all over the place.
- lapinot 5y agoI'm not familiar with the "think for yourself" crowd that you describe, but i'm definitely not calling for ignoring authorities/specialists. The thing i'm calling for is to map it out, identifying, contextualizing and comparing all the information flows. Scientific method cannot a priori exclude any source. Your allowed to be scientifically convinced of something only when you're confident that you know the full map of what other people think about it (eg understanding your peers ideas better than them).
- soco 5y agoThat's a very sensible approach you suggest, indeed. I was referring to the "don't trust the establishment" crowd, which by definition truncates a priori your information flows.