I think this is a more global problem of “people now think they’re experts on everything, and shout about it loudly”
Musk is the classic high profile example, but science denialism among the general populace is the low profile one.
And I hear, “well, they always have.”
I dunno… I don’t think the average person in 1926 assumed they were an expert on medicine or physics or finance or whatever. If a doctor, or physicist, or banker told them something, they’d generally nod their head.
Now? “What do they know!?” The notion is offensive, apparently. Clearly their ten minutes of research on Google or ChatGPT refutes 30 years dedicated to centuries-old scientific bodies.
Or maybe they just misjudged some YouTube or Facebook post as an expert, I guess.
Even if I’m wrong there, and people were always like this, the other half is that they weren’t able to shout it into an algorithm that absolutely loves the controversy it generates, and serve it to billions of people automatically.
don’t think the average person in 1926 assumed they were an expert on medicine or physics or finance or whatever. If a doctor, or physicist, or banker told them something, they’d generally nod their head.
So many of those professionals were just professional scammers back then. Until the professionalization of these fields, in the 1940s/50s, you really couldn’t trust them. And avoiding people who claimed to do surgery/treat cancer, while keeping all your money in your mattress was genuinely a smarter move.
the other half is that they weren’t able to shout it into an algorithm that absolutely loves the controversy it generates, and serve it to billions of people automatically.
A lot of this shit is amplified and filtered to operate as it’s own native advertising.
The shit opinions that align with the marketing agenda are the ones that get front-paged.
I think this is a more global problem of “people now think they’re experts on everything, and shout about it loudly”
Musk is the classic high profile example, but science denialism among the general populace is the low profile one.
And I hear, “well, they always have.”
I dunno… I don’t think the average person in 1926 assumed they were an expert on medicine or physics or finance or whatever. If a doctor, or physicist, or banker told them something, they’d generally nod their head.
Now? “What do they know!?” The notion is offensive, apparently. Clearly their ten minutes of research on Google or ChatGPT refutes 30 years dedicated to centuries-old scientific bodies.
Or maybe they just misjudged some YouTube or Facebook post as an expert, I guess.
Even if I’m wrong there, and people were always like this, the other half is that they weren’t able to shout it into an algorithm that absolutely loves the controversy it generates, and serve it to billions of people automatically.
NO ONE would see this post of Musk, otherwise.
So many of those professionals were just professional scammers back then. Until the professionalization of these fields, in the 1940s/50s, you really couldn’t trust them. And avoiding people who claimed to do surgery/treat cancer, while keeping all your money in your mattress was genuinely a smarter move.
A lot of this shit is amplified and filtered to operate as it’s own native advertising.
The shit opinions that align with the marketing agenda are the ones that get front-paged.