> what youre really asking is "why do credentials matter and why should randomly samplibg information not result in a appropriate confidence in a result" No, n

> what youre really asking is "why do credentials matter and why should randomly samplibg information not result in a appropriate confidence in a result" No, not at all. What I'm saying, is that one's ability to speak on ones experiences with some subject should not be gaited by credentials. One should also not create a rank structure based off of credentials. Is it not apparent to you yet that one can be an expert without any formal credentials? > the probablem as you are responding to, is how cheap messaging is and how effortless it is to both produce information and entrain the body politik in its recitation. > these can be over come by what you deride, credentialling and weighting sources. because in the exam0le od the cown, theres no people interested in giving wrong answers or mani0ulating responders to effecr a skew on the answers. What are you fighting to hard to protect here? You want more people to take the COVID vaccine? What exactly, as there's many more solutions than just listening to your closets high ranking technocrat.