Nobody who has been outside of academic for more than a few years actually gives a single shit whether they're "admired for their academic credentials".
It's usually just low self-esteem that motivates anti-intellectuals to side with scam artists and project ego onto actual intellectuals.
Ooh. Mixed feelings. I am fcking scared right now.Former reliable sources are gone and I feel a mixture of guilt for being a citizen of the country inflicting so much pain on the world and anger at the idiots doing it. I feel just about any of us would do a better job than the felon in charge. Yup.
but that's because he ISN'T an expert and that's why they voted for him.
any decent human being would do a better job, but we'd still be best off with a decent human being who also has experience working in government in relevant capacities
People not being able to tell the difference between their own defensive reaction to being confronted by their own lack of knowledge and objective reality.
And also, did you read the actual article? It's about how full of snide inside baseball crap that hell hole is and it's orders of magnitude worse now I'm sure. I'm good with 'over-earnest' and the occasional dense individual.
"Inside jokes are bad for a few reasons: they’re un-funny, boring, and aggravating to the listener. Worst of all, inside jokes alienate people by making them feel left out, alone, and un-special." - Chris Graham
I apologize, I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but I have no idea what I was trying to say in that first post or why I said it, so I also don't know what you are trying to say here. I think we should probably just drop it.
Fair enough! It often takes me way too long to figure out what someone is trying to say. Not up on the lingo or the in jokes. I will say I have seen some truly hilarious things on here, and some genuinely interesting complex discussions. And your response is legitimately why BlueSky is better! 💐😉
I was referring to pattydee's comment. I get way more laughs on here than I even did on RIPtwitr, and that was from the before times. I imagine it's even more grim now. Her comment is in now way indicative of the typical Bsky poster. Quite the opposite. Folks here are both funny and insightful.
How many times do their actual suggestions get butchered by the media and politicians? Scicom sucks. The expert consensus trends towards being correct. Individual experts may vary, especially if they have motivated reasoning about some issue.
Sounds like an expert * disclaimer.... lol. It's all relative though, that's for sure.
Recent times and actions highlight something Maya Angelou once said...
"Facts can obscure the truth."
Like what "law" is currently, who is designating that "expert" title matters significantly.
Arrr he was a orange baffoon that sent the tides a spinning... The pained fool soon to be swimming exclaims "winning".
A hey nanny nanny and a ho ho ho.
assholes like you are the reason people give up on understanding the world around them and decline to be involved. you want all conversations to be led and dominated by assymetrics, while the rest of us sit in silent admiration of your bluesky credentials. you’re a pompous jerk.
Is that Will Stancil’s burner account or something? It’s got the exact same hatred for anyone who could theoretically actually understand the topic they speak about.
I hate the rising anti intellectual trend in America. Experts are experts for a reason. Theres a reason every tom, dick, and Harry doesn't do their own electrical work or build their own home, because you know you're incompetent and will get yourself killed.
Most hedge fund 'experts' dont out perform the markets, they make money with fees. Also experts disagree all the time, so obviously being am expert doesnt make you right all the time
Asterisk, comma, bonds aren’t real. Electricity works very specific ways and if you don’t know what you’re doing, you get electrocuted. Economics works very broadly, and if you don’t know what you’re doing, you’re Milton Friedman.
This is correct for sciences. Economics is alchemy, it looks kind of like a science if you cross your eyes, but when you get close, it’s just grinding up lead insisting that you know how to get gold.
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It's usually just low self-esteem that motivates anti-intellectuals to side with scam artists and project ego onto actual intellectuals.
any decent human being would do a better job, but we'd still be best off with a decent human being who also has experience working in government in relevant capacities
Recent times and actions highlight something Maya Angelou once said...
"Facts can obscure the truth."
Like what "law" is currently, who is designating that "expert" title matters significantly.
A hey nanny nanny and a ho ho ho.
I could read this drivel for hours! I shouldn't! But I could!
Asterisk, comma, bonds aren’t real. Electricity works very specific ways and if you don’t know what you’re doing, you get electrocuted. Economics works very broadly, and if you don’t know what you’re doing, you’re Milton Friedman.