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Re:Organic and regenerative agriculture are revitalizing rur... by amanaplanacanal on Monday July 12, 2021 @12:26PM (#27811933)
A person could totally be an expert on soil and sustainable agriculture and know nothing useful about medicine. In fact, that is what I would expect. Listen to the experts on their subject of expertise, and take the rest with a huge grain of salt.
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Re:Organic and regenerative agriculture are revitalizing rur... by saalweachter on Monday July 12, 2021 @04:06PM (#27814453)
The problem is deciding whether someone is actually an expect in a subject area where I'm not.

People can say things that are patently absurd about one field while being an expert in another, but I also can't just be completely credulous in treating any assertion about any subject I do not understand as true. I don't really have much else to do but build out from a network of trust rooted in people who seem competent and clear-minded by whatever criteria I can judge.

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