by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 24, 2017 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Science
Trump just ordered government scientists to hide facts from the public He also immediately suspended all EPA contracts and...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 13, 2017 | Critical Thinking, Irrational Thinking
After reading a very funny but very apropos tweet from someone named Tina Dupuy I googled the name to see who she was and found this great comment by her on Facebook. This disregrad of expertise and expert opinion and it suplantation with “what I want to...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 29, 2016 | Books, Critical Thinking, Science, Science Denial
I learned via a Cami Ryan post on FaceBook that Tom Nichols who wrote the article “The Death Of Expertise” has a book coming out this winter called: “The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters” …on this BIG HUGE PROBLEM our...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 10, 2016 | • Politics
Americans Don’t Think The Government Needs ‘Experts’ Americans, particularly those who voted for Donald Trump, are skeptical of civil service workers and the concept that expertise is an asset for government work, according to the results of a new...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 8, 2016 | Cognitive Bias, Critical Thinking, Irrational Thinking
Dunning Kruger nation and the disparagement of expertise We live in Dunning Kruger nation. What do I mean? A variety of very loud “confident idiots” – anti-vaxxers, homebirth advocates, climate change deniers – actually think they know more...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 5, 2016 | Critical Thinking, Science
Prof Brian Cox: ‘Being anti-expert – that’s the way back to the cave’ As he moves to BBC1 for his latest natural-world spectacular, TV’s favourite particle physicist talks about his deep belief in the good of public service broadcasting...
