It's childish and unrealistic but it's actually consistent with the prevailing HN attitude in just about any thread where economics shows up. We need a variant

It's childish and unrealistic but it's actually consistent with the prevailing HN attitude in just about any thread where economics shows up. We need a variant of the Gell-Mann amnesia effect where individuals are eager to forget that they are themselves not experts in the topic at hand, and are therefore unqualified to evaluate a large variety of statement and scenarios.