Those first two paragraphs look like a tendency to prefer hero-worship to critical thought; that seems to be a fairly widespread problem in humans from long before this latest batch of demagogues.

There's also a hint of "I'm not an 'expert' in it so I can't (be bothered) to understand anything about it" also a very depressingly common attitude.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (6 children)

We all have to rely on somebody to be an expert in fields outside our own. Years ago, if Elon said "Falcon 9 launch yesterday failed due to xyz", I assumed he had the actual experts giving him notes. The Xhitter debacle showed how much he doesn't listen to those people.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I just dont get why you have to assume that though?

Maybe I'm a pessimist, but I've met and worked with enough humans that I think the best assumtion is that they're all full of shit until they prove otherwise.

It's fine to rely on experts for some things, but if those experts aren't subject to independent scrutiny or directly independent of the claim or sunjecy under test, or can't give clear testable /replicable evidence, I'd just not put much weight on their testimony as a source of evidence.

[–] generaldenmark 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don’t believe you

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Cool! I wish there were, and hope there will be, more like you.

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