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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 29 Oct 2020

    Your regular reminder that an "expert" is just "someone who knows a huge amount about a subject" and "ignoring the experts" just means listening to people who don't know what they're talking about

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      2. Fabian Juzek (ID advoCATe)‏ @mfkuepp 29 Oct 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        There's no clear definition of an expert. Experts disagree often too. In medicine look how many times experts are wrong, and how often they didn't predict the results of an RCT (when it's finally done). Don't get me wrong: experts are still an important part of this!

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      3. Sam O'Riil‏ @Semoriil 29 Oct 2020
        Replying to @mfkuepp @GidMK

        Well, if expert could reliably predict result of RCT we would get rid of RCT in the first place...

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      1. nEqualsZero‏ @nEqualsZero1 29 Oct 2020
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        Case in point: https://twitter.com/SWAtlasHoover/status/1321421924359090179?s=19 …

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      2. David J Billingham‏ @dave_billingham 29 Oct 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        Experts make mistakes though, just like everyone

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      3. Ash Z - Host of That's a Hobby Podcast‏ @ThatHobby 29 Oct 2020
        Replying to @dave_billingham @GidMK

        Doctors make mistakes. Mechanics make mistakes. Electricians make mistakes. Why doesn’t that disqualify them when you need help?

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      2. markrhill‏ @markrhill 29 Oct 2020
        Replying to @GidMK @WichitaCindy

        Care to comment on @PTetlock’s work on “Expert Political Opinion”?https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/12/05/everybodys-an-expert …

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      1. CODENAME: DRAGONFLY‏ @NATESOR 29 Oct 2020
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        It disheartening that the healthy level of skepticism towards authority embedded in American culture has been weaponized and bastardized into grotesque anti-intellectualism and self-destructive delusions.

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      1. Eric Shaw‏ @eribar1969 29 Oct 2020
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        This needs repeating at regular intervals on Twitter and Facebook and at all meetings of Johnson’s Cabinet.

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