@One Brow hqce you read “The Death of Expertise” or “The Assault on Intelligence?” Both are fantastic books on this subject. Especially The Death of Expertise which eviscerates our society for its lack of confidence in experts. One example he cites is how thousands of women put their faith in a Hollywood actress’s vaginal cleaning machine (endorsed by zero doctors) over experts’ claims that such a machine could and would cause harm. Lol.
It’s a problem that stems from a society overwhelmed with information (most of it crap from social media) and a society that is becoming increasingly complex.
One of the points he made that were thought provoking, as college education has become more universal it has become devalued. As higher Edu has become more universal, schools are feeling more pressure to become more marketable. How do they do this? By investing in cooler housing, giving out higher grades, making education more accessible, grades have become inflated (professors giving out accurate and lower grades has led to being fired. The most common grade awarded? A grade), and otherwise pandering to spoiled young people. As a result, respect for experts has and value for college education has diminished.
Fascinating read.
But again, both sides are not equal in this. While both sides have issues with experts and expertise, one side is willingly denying science and fact while creating a right wing fantasy to promote their political party at the detriment of the country and planet.
Being anti GMO or Vacinnation isn’t The same as attacking the FBI and declaring a war on the “Deep State” because they’re investigating Trump. Or endorsing trade wars while ignoring economists to own the libs. or denying climate change cuz the poor oil companies are being bullied by a few free huggers.
