Experts are seldomly correct, in fields where data distribution is not bounded. Just look at the (almost) whole field of economics.
Experts share something in common with conspiracy theorists: they see patterns where other people just see random data. The difference, of course, is that experts are correct. But I bet part of the attraction of conspiracy theories is that they make you feel like an expert.
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Technical analysis is, for exemple, a field full of experts who get fooled by randomness and see patterns where there is none.
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Experts are wrong many times. Sometimes conspiracy theorists are right.
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This goes without saying I think
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Sometimes it takes hindsight to know that some experts were conspiracy theorists all long and some conspiracy theorist, experts.
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Experts are correct? Have you lived under a rock for the last few decades. Experts lie and skew data to satisfy their overlords.
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I think this is also why people who are experts in certain areas can be dismissed as conspiracy theorists.
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I would argue that experts aren't correct, but that they realize when they are not and correct themselves, while conspiracy theorists will just find another lie to explain their initial error or lie.
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"...science makes progress funeral by funeral: the old are never converted by the new doctrines, they simply are replaced by a new generation." - Paul Samuelson
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I agree in general, though I would say that experts are often correct. How often they beat randomness depends on what they're an expert in, ranging from astronomers down to political pundits.
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