I think the peer review mechanics are very low on the list of why people don't trust experts. Poor science education, hostile media, etc...
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My point precisely.
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Media and politicians are hostile. It's an almost daily occurrence. Here's one from today:https://twitter.com/Botanygeek/status/881445524200665088 …
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I saw that Gove quote and my jaw dropped. The attitude is just incredible. :/
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USA and UK (I'm sure others too) have definitely taken a turn towards anti-science as an OK/acceptable stance.
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Lots of media rhetoric consists of getting "experts" with opposing views to debate...
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Yeah, pretending like the two sides are off equal merit. This also causes legit expertise to be confused w fringe views or even charlatans.
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Sometimes there might be underlying cultural reasons and historical failures by experts at play too though
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That's not exactly what's been linked to though. But I take your point.
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True, but perhaps people naturally trust only what they understand or fear
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Yeah, probably... It's a shame they trust posho politicians telling them to make decisions detrimental to society.
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Yes indeed but their language is familiar, thus less frightening than that of experts.
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Maybe, but (a) think that's somewhat a symptom rather than a cause and (b) shifts responsibility away from the Academy
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So does capturing the culprit!
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I'm still an not convinced. For me, in 2017, if scientists are not doing e.g fully reproducible, open published research and then telling
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@mpigliucci has an interesting chapter on experts and expertise in one of his book. Highly recommend it! https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aC8Baky2qTcC&pg=PA279&lpg=PA279&dq=massimo+pigliucci+expert&source=bl&ots=yHTMCmg4D4&sig=-tDy08CT_nl0NxvGJg9n79-fw4g&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj7kK6aju_UAhWC1hoKHQLzDQ8Q6AEIUDAF#v=onepage&q=massimo%20pigliucci%20expert&f=false …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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