https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/05/why_does_anyone_continue_to_treat_people_as_experts_when_they_are_so_consistently_wrong.html
The title of this post refers to the above article. Dan constantly cites "experts" who do not present that which is affirmed by all other experts. What Dan's "experts" do is validate Dan's positions on issues, because it's not evidence which matters to Dan, but greater numbers of people holding the same position which makes it true. Yet "experts say" is often followed by "OOPS!!". Dan ignores the "OOPS!!" to continue holding fast to that which was never true in the first place.
What's most frustrating is Dan's inability to truly argue his position. It's as if he has no real opinion of his own which is ever the result of any facts or science or...or anything. The recent posts regarding abortion are a good example, as while he claims "we just don't know" if the unborn are possessed of the same right to life as even slugs like Dan, he also fails to provide evidence he himself possesses that right. There are no experts to tell him, but only "experts" who agree.
Experts exist for most all areas of human existence. This is not the point. The point is who is drawing attention and are they "expert" enough to be called an "expert". Perhaps the problem is with those who refer to those with a degree of expertise as "experts". Maybe if they didn't do that, the mention of "experts" wouldn't compel disinterest. After the Covid fiasco, and Anthony Fauci (among a few others) called upon as "experts", it's less likely anyone will care to listen when the word is mentioned. Of course Dan still will if the "expert" validates his opinion.
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