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buybuydandavis comments on Why do you really believe what you believe regarding controversial subjects? - Less Wrong Discussion

7 Post author: iarwain1 04 January 2015 02:32PM

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 05 January 2015 04:25:19AM 0 points [-]

Some people aren't an expert at anything but being a media personality.

Then there are some fields where "expertise" is measured by group applause, without any demonstration by anyone, anywhere that any of them can actually do anything concrete.