Re:Facebook said my article was false – now the fact-checker...
by seoaeu on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @02:03PM
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> That's how trust works. It only takes 1 miss to lose it.
No, that’s only how things work when you are looking for a pretense to ignore expert advice.
Re:Facebook said my article was false – now the fact-checker...
by rajin444 on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @03:14PM
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How am I supposed to judge expert advice if I lack the technical knowledge? Blind trust?
Re:Facebook said my article was false – now the fact-checker...
by cogman10 on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @03:27PM
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What else can you do? Really? How can you trust or distrust expert advice without the technical knowledge?
Most of the reasons for distrust I've seen have basically boiled down to "I don't like what the expert is saying" or "They were wrong once, obviously all experts are wrong about everything".
Re:Facebook said my article was false – now the fact-checker...
by rajin444 on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @06:11PM
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It’s definitely a soft skill, but roughly for me it’s:
- assumes good faith
- doesn’t attempt to control others
- doesn’t show disdain of their out group
Obviously knowing somebody personally makes this much easier.
That's how trust works. It only takes 1 miss to lose it.
The issue isn't that experts are wrong or change their stance when the data changes. That isn't a problem and is exactly how things should work.
The issue is when politicians and leaders treat "expert opinion" as settled truth. Our decisions and policies need to be crafted knowing that experts are wrong and the situation changes when the data changes. Instead, politicians and leaders hold up expert opinion as settled and let the blame fall on the scientists, researchers, etc. when they "miss". If their work was not co-opted by politicians there would be no issue.