Why Should We Trust the Experts? (Sargon)

Trust is a commodity in very short supply.



Our current problem is corruption and deliberate lying, not the fact we are faced with 'honest' experts that are incorrect. This corruption situation makes correcting the public record very difficult because we are dealing with (heinously) unethically individuals that use their institutional power/prestige to protect their corrupt positions. However, these corrupt experts, and their narratives, get exposed when they have to face up to hard data and primary source information. Remember the quote; "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts". The experts are supposed to be believed on the strength of accumulated data and reasoning, not because they are experts (or else we are simply faced with dogma).

So as a matter of course we should NEVER unthinkingly accept what the experts say without considering their explanations and the material that underpins where they are coming from. The only advantage an expert supposedly has is their wealth of knowledge on a subject, which is not necessarily infallible. Their standing, as an expert, is no guarantee when it comes to their morality and honesty, which is an equivalence too often assumed by society at large.  

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 26, 2025.]