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  • DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works
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    7 hours ago

    Every single person now thinks they’re smarter than everyone else. No matter what their political leanings are, they’re all smarter than everyone else. Smarter than:

    • Doctors
    • Scientists
    • Engineers
    • Economists

    It’s absolutely ridiculous and it started sometime around the 90s around when Ross Perot first ran for president and it just got worse with social media.

    That’s the real problem right now. Everyone thinks they know more than people who spent decades studying and becoming experts in their field.

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      7 hours ago

      To be fair a lot of people with PHDs are dumb as shit. Maybe not in their field, but in every single other aspect of life. That’s part of why arguments from authority should be avoided–the authority may be expert of their field, but their area of focus is likely extremely narrow.

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        6 hours ago

        Absolutely. That’s still kinda the point.

        You 100% should not trust:

        • An epidemiologist’s opinion on inflation
        • A civil engineer’s opinion on viral spread
        • An economist’s opinion on traffic flow

        They’re just as guilty of this bullshit as everyone else.

        • bitjunkie@lemmy.world
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          4 hours ago

          An epidemiologist’s opinion on inflation

          I agree with your overall premise, but this is a bad example since capitalism is a disease