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Topic	Why do people think they know more than the experts?
AloneIBreak 04/21/23 1:47:31 PM #29:	Occasional conflicting opinions of experts, general distrust of people who come to conclusions other than what the regular person would prefer, the personality of a given expert, etc. There are a lot of reasons people think they know more than experts. Not to say all reasons are equally valid or valid at all, but it could be any number of things causing the average nobody to be skeptical or outright hostile towards expertise. --- "If you're really in favor of free speech, then you're in favor of freedom of speech for precisely the views you despise." - Noam Chomsky <cite>AloneIBreak posted [p:972988155] in Why do peo... [t:80419483]...</cite> <quote>Occasional conflicting opinions of experts, general distrust of people who come to conclusions other than what the regular person would prefer, the personality of a given expert, etc. There are a lot of reasons people think they know more than experts. Not to say all reasons are equally valid or valid at all, but it could be any number of things causing the average nobody to be skeptical or outright hostile towards expertise. --- "If you're really in favor of free speech, then you're in favor of freedom of speech for precisely the views you despise." - Noam Chomsky</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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