Current Events > Why do people think they know more than the experts?

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cause people think their gut feeling is more accurate than studies and data

nononom0use123 posted...

Or questioning a doctors advice or expertise. Doctors have to go through an undergrad, 4 years of med school (at an insanely high price), pass multiple GIANT exams that take like 6-8 hours to complete, then do 4+ years of residency while getting paid very little while paying off debt before they even officially become a doctor.

You should ALWAYS question a doctor's advice or expertise. What you are describing is not intelligence or respect for a professional, it is stupidity. Moreover, how exactly does your logic work when it comes to a second opinion disagreement? How are you supposed to make a decision on whose opinion to go with if you do not question their advice or expertise? Are you making a decision on credentials then instead of empirical evidence each has provided for their argument? Because according to your line of thinking, it is only their level of education and credentials that apparently matter in the correctness of their position.

Like seriously, your argument TC is an appeal to authority.

https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/appeal-to-authority

However, it is entirely possible that the opinion of a person or institution of authority is wrong; therefore the authority that such a person or institution holds does not have any intrinsic bearing upon whether their claims are true or not.

That is to say, it is all about the evidence that backs an opinion. Experts and professionals are expected to be more accurate than the average person, but this is not always the case in general, and it is certainly not the case on a case by case basis.

Lots of people ITT proving my point exactly lmaoooo

TheShadowViper posted...

You should ALWAYS question a doctor's advice or expertise. What you are describing is not intelligence or respect for a professional, it is stupidity. Moreover, how exactly does your logic work when it comes to a second opinion disagreement? How are you supposed to make a decision on whose opinion to go with if you do not question their advice or expertise? Are you making a decision on credentials then instead of empirical evidence each has provided for their argument? Because according to your line of thinking, it is only their level of education and credentials that apparently matter in the correctness of their position.

Like seriously, your argument TC is an appeal to authority.

https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/appeal-to-authority

That is to say, it is all about the evidence that backs an opinion. Experts and professionals are expected to be more accurate than the average person, but this is not always the case in general, and it is certainly not the case on a case by case basis.

Appeal to authority is quite common in those who trust every study put out by so called experts.

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Came in to post something along these lines. American culture has always pushed this moronic idea of everyone's opinions and views having validity no matter how dumb.

ScazarMeltex posted...

Came in to post something along these lines. American culture has always pushed this moronic idea of everyone's opinions and views having validity no matter how dumb.

I think you guys are purposely conflating things for the sake of an argument.
In a democracy, everyone's vote matters and is valid.

But we're not talking about a democratic process so no need to make things political. Then again, I'm responding in a CE thread....

i guess it makes them feel special or something, i dunno...

at least im humble enough to know when to stfu and let someone more knowledgeable speak on something they're more experienced about. lol

Sure, but I read a poorly sourced, poorly written article that lacked basic grammar and had a few slurs in it so I'm not sure anymore.

An expert on experts told me all the experts are wrong.

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well said.

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I just have to laugh and shake my head when people say stupid shit like that. Especially when people try and invalidate climate change because some random scientist made a wrong prediction 30 years ago