0 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 3 Nov 2023 \ on: Trust the Clowns, I mean Experts bitcoin
My view from academia is that "expertise" has become increasingly self-referential.
"We should trust that guy because all these other smart people say we should trust that guy."
(And it turns out all the smart people who trust that guy were students of his, or friends, or relatives, or business partners, or something)
What's a non-expert to do? You said it: don' trust, verify. DYOR. Take expert opinions as just one data point, but not determinative.
That's very good view. Makes a lot of sense. Basically "I know a guy". Its just one data point.
The wild thing that was made clear to me during the pandemic was just how easy it is to do your own research. What I mean is that it was easy to fact check so many falsehoods. And I don't mean outsourcing it to Snopes or some other clown outfit. I mean looking stuff up. Remembering what someone said two weeks ago. Listening to what someone says vs what people hear. I wasn't asleep then but my skepticism increased.
Mostly the thing I think people lack is skepticism. We have the tools and information to do our own research. We are just to lazy and trusting.
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