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Nothing of value follows from opening the floor to input from broader sections of the populace on subjects that require expertise for all of the same reasons a
by forgetfreeman 2y ago
Nothing of value follows from opening the floor to input from broader sections of the populace on subjects that require expertise for all of the same reasons a treatise on plumbing is not meaningfully improved by adding a chapter on floral arrangement. What follows is a torrent of poorly informed takes and in-group mythology which in turn makes identifying high quality information on the subject increasingly difficult. In extreme cases the only individuals who can consistently and accurately identify valuable information in the resulting sea of dross are the very experts that should be the sole sources of information on the topic in question.
- pm3003 2y agoI feel you could copy-paste this into every thread out there. Eh, you probably do.
- forgetfreeman 2y agoI don't and it should go without saying but here we are.
- drewcoo 2y ago> opening the floor to input from broader sections of the populace I'm not arguing with you, but I'd like to understand that lay interest better. Is it just people pissing everywhere to mark territory? Is it an expression of curiosity? A sign of some level of commitment to certain subjects? Something else?
- forgetfreeman 2y agoHonestly I think it's just folks getting away with running their mouth. Looking someone in the eye and telling them they're full of shit fell out of fashion a few decades ago so there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of social pressure on bullshit in general. Add a multi-billion dollar industry that actively incentivizes broadcasting bullshit takes and in retrospect the outcome seems obvious.