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This article reminds me of a Carl Sagan quote: "Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so agai
by stakkur 5y ago
This article reminds me of a Carl Sagan quote:
"Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts."
- draw_down 5y ago
- edmcnulty101 5y agoIn practice both authorities and experts make mistakes. Reference:the above article
- alisonkisk 5y ago
- pjscott 5y agoYes, that's the implication of Sagan's quote! Nobody can be trusted to always be right; there are only people with different probabilities of being right on various subjects. Their words are Bayesian evidence of finite strength.