Reading Chesterton, he made an interesting observation; juries are made up of 12 ordinary men who are not experts in the law. Jesus also chose 12 ordinary men who were not theogoical experts. There is common sense found among common men that is not found among the elites that rule us.
Exactly. Its the Invisible Hand. When everyone makes the best rational decisions for themselves....the overall outcome is way better than when the experts tell us what to do.. Looking back on the covid years, its pretty hard to come up with anything at all the experts were right about.
The "expert" class lied and used their control over the MSM and social media platforms to manufacture the illusions of consent and consensus: "see, look, everyone agrees with us; if you don't, you're a grandma killer." That dynamic becomes a self-reinforcing self-fulfilling prophecy. A certain percent of the population was going to go along and NARC on the rest of the population.
It was never about IQ. It was about money, power, control, and punishment. They wanted control. They really wanted to punish the plebes for daring to vote for Trump (think about how "masks" were required but neck gaiters were not allowed - illogical and ridiculous if you assume efficacy as the goal - perfectly reasonable when you realize it was all about punishing Trump voters). It's not much more complicated than that.
Certainly we've all felt the vibe shift since Musk bought Twitter and (somewhat) freed speech. At this point, it seems we're heading toward the 80/20 rule: with about 80% realizing/starting to realize the "experts" were wrong and about 20% clinging forever to those glory days of sticking it to the plebes.
I am definitely salamander-class. I object, in the strongest terms, to being lumped together with the cabbage-class! How dare you even put us in the same sentence, never mind a hypothetical hive-mind of the less-than-expert-IQ-experts. Your hypothesis is complete bosh and an insult to salamanders everywhere.
Author is right on point. An expert is defined by the breakdown of the word. An”ex” is a has-been, and a “spurt” is a drip under pressure. This is demonstrated by the famous physicist Neils Bohr who hypothesized a model of the atom in which electrons were stuck on the surface of a proton/neutron ball resembling “rice pudding”.
The model was quickly realized to have fatal flaws but was kept as Bohr had a huge ego and was a viscous person. He basically bullied “the science” into adoption. So is today.
I lost count of the number of times I was challenged by "but are you an epidemiologist?" when I questioned Covid doctrine being shoveled down everyone's throats. And this wasn't usually from educated people but from the hoi polloi who have been indoctrinated to kowtow before anyone waving educational credentials in front of their face.
Reading Chesterton, he made an interesting observation; juries are made up of 12 ordinary men who are not experts in the law. Jesus also chose 12 ordinary men who were not theogoical experts. There is common sense found among common men that is not found among the elites that rule us.
Did you see the OJ trial? Clearly few understood the science. Common sense resulted in the wrong verdict.
You are right, there are trials that go wrong.
Exactly. Its the Invisible Hand. When everyone makes the best rational decisions for themselves....the overall outcome is way better than when the experts tell us what to do.. Looking back on the covid years, its pretty hard to come up with anything at all the experts were right about.
The "expert" class lied and used their control over the MSM and social media platforms to manufacture the illusions of consent and consensus: "see, look, everyone agrees with us; if you don't, you're a grandma killer." That dynamic becomes a self-reinforcing self-fulfilling prophecy. A certain percent of the population was going to go along and NARC on the rest of the population.
It was never about IQ. It was about money, power, control, and punishment. They wanted control. They really wanted to punish the plebes for daring to vote for Trump (think about how "masks" were required but neck gaiters were not allowed - illogical and ridiculous if you assume efficacy as the goal - perfectly reasonable when you realize it was all about punishing Trump voters). It's not much more complicated than that.
Certainly we've all felt the vibe shift since Musk bought Twitter and (somewhat) freed speech. At this point, it seems we're heading toward the 80/20 rule: with about 80% realizing/starting to realize the "experts" were wrong and about 20% clinging forever to those glory days of sticking it to the plebes.
Just got an awesome shirt in the mail that I ordered from Babylonbee. Experts: 0. Conspiracy theorists: 20+.
Seems like most people think "expert" = "benevolent".
The experts probably actually do know something I don't. Much like an expert poker player or chess grand master slays their opponents with ease.
There's no guarantee that what the expert knows is in my best interest.
I am definitely salamander-class. I object, in the strongest terms, to being lumped together with the cabbage-class! How dare you even put us in the same sentence, never mind a hypothetical hive-mind of the less-than-expert-IQ-experts. Your hypothesis is complete bosh and an insult to salamanders everywhere.
Do better.
And do your own research!
I mean, don't do your own research!
Cabbage peasant.
Author is right on point. An expert is defined by the breakdown of the word. An”ex” is a has-been, and a “spurt” is a drip under pressure. This is demonstrated by the famous physicist Neils Bohr who hypothesized a model of the atom in which electrons were stuck on the surface of a proton/neutron ball resembling “rice pudding”.
The model was quickly realized to have fatal flaws but was kept as Bohr had a huge ego and was a viscous person. He basically bullied “the science” into adoption. So is today.
I lost count of the number of times I was challenged by "but are you an epidemiologist?" when I questioned Covid doctrine being shoveled down everyone's throats. And this wasn't usually from educated people but from the hoi polloi who have been indoctrinated to kowtow before anyone waving educational credentials in front of their face.
ex=unknown; spert=drip under pressure