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How many 'thought leaders', 'public experts', podcasters are purely experts at being experts, with no experience or knowledge behind it? I can think of a few pu

How many 'thought leaders', 'public experts', podcasters are purely experts at being experts, with no experience or knowledge behind it? I can think of a few public voices, especially in AI right now, who have nothing to say but the ears of thousands

galaxyLogic 4y ago
If the current lawsuit Dominion vs. Fox News tells us anything it is that providers of "information" provide the kind of "information" their listeners want to hear.
- JadeNB 4y ago
  > If the current lawsuit Dominion vs. Fox News tells us anything it is that providers of "information" provide the kind of "information" their listeners want to hear. I think over-generalizing can be very dangerous here. The lawsuit itself, of course, tells us nothing; just about anyone can sue just about anyone for just about anything. But the evidence tells us that Fox News provides the kind of "information" their listeners want to hear. And of course, to some extent, indeed every provider will tailor what they want to say to their audience—that's part of good communication. But to assume that therefore all information providers display the same bias as Fox News did—or even that Fox News themselves always display the same sort of bias that they did in this case (although I tend to believe that they do)—is probably over-generalizing.
  - galaxyLogic 4y ago
    I'm just saying don't blame just the providers of incorrect information, blame also the viewers who want to hear it.
sandworm101 4y ago
>> podcasters are purely experts at being experts, with no experience or knowledge behind it? If you are an actual expert in such things, you don't have the time to be doing podcasts.
- JadeNB 4y ago
  > If you are an actual expert in such things, you don't have the time to be doing podcasts. I'm not sure about podcasting, but this is false for blogging. As a mathematician, the first example that springs to mind is Terry Tao's extraordinary blog https://terrytao.wordpress.com https://terrytao.wordpress.com , and it's one of the best, but there are tons of others.

galaxyLogic 4y ago

If the current lawsuit Dominion vs. Fox News tells us anything it is that providers of "information" provide the kind of "information" their listeners want to hear.

JadeNB 4y ago
> If the current lawsuit Dominion vs. Fox News tells us anything it is that providers of "information" provide the kind of "information" their listeners want to hear. I think over-generalizing can be very dangerous here. The lawsuit itself, of course, tells us nothing; just about anyone can sue just about anyone for just about anything. But the evidence tells us that Fox News provides the kind of "information" their listeners want to hear. And of course, to some extent, indeed every provider will tailor what they want to say to their audience—that's part of good communication. But to assume that therefore all information providers display the same bias as Fox News did—or even that Fox News themselves always display the same sort of bias that they did in this case (although I tend to believe that they do)—is probably over-generalizing.
- galaxyLogic 4y ago
  I'm just saying don't blame just the providers of incorrect information, blame also the viewers who want to hear it.

sandworm101 4y ago

>> podcasters are purely experts at being experts, with no experience or knowledge behind it? If you are an actual expert in such things, you don't have the time to be doing podcasts.

JadeNB 4y ago
> If you are an actual expert in such things, you don't have the time to be doing podcasts. I'm not sure about podcasting, but this is false for blogging. As a mathematician, the first example that springs to mind is Terry Tao's extraordinary blog https://terrytao.wordpress.com https://terrytao.wordpress.com , and it's one of the best, but there are tons of others.