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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 18 Oct 2017

    Every crashed plane was flown by a qualified pilot & other arguments agst experts (wicked satire by Michael Deaton)http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/10/michael-goves-guide-to-britains-greatest-enemy-the-experts/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw …

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      2. Michael Gove‏Verified account @michaelgove 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Dear Steven it would be a great satire, if I had made the unqualified statement attributed to me - but my critique was v specific

        6 replies 3 retweets 33 likes
      3. Michael Gove‏Verified account @michaelgove 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @michaelgove @sapinker

        I was casting specific doubt on economic forecasting - in answer to a question about economic forecasts

        1 reply 3 retweets 15 likes
      4. Michael Gove‏Verified account @michaelgove 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @michaelgove @sapinker

        the "experts" were economic forecasters from organisations with acronyms - e.g. IMF - which had got things wrong in the past

        2 replies 2 retweets 11 likes
      5. Michael Gove‏Verified account @michaelgove 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @michaelgove @sapinker

        as a huge admirer of your work I'd not want you - or anyone else - to inadvertently repeat a canard -

        0 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
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      2. Ben Pile‏ @clim8resistance 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        None of the experts listed were referred to by Gove, well over a year ago. "wicked satire" should at least understand what it is satirising

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Ben Pile‏ @clim8resistance 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @clim8resistance @sapinker

        Gove was referring to financial predictions made by organisations who had intervened in the Brexit debate. (And got it wrong).

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Ben Pile‏ @clim8resistance 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @clim8resistance @sapinker

        FYI.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGgiGtJk7MA …

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Ben Pile‏ @clim8resistance 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @clim8resistance @sapinker

        You should also note that the aggressive, hectoring, interrupting interviewer did not allow Gove to complete his point.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. Ben Pile‏ @clim8resistance 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @clim8resistance @sapinker

        If we may not discriminate between the expertise of financial economists and oncologists, then experts have no place in debates at all.

        0 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
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      1. Alex Murillo‏ @alex_amurillo 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        False analogy given that the suspicion of experts usually relates to both ethical/policy prescription and forecasting ability, but sure.

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      2. Paul Roundy‏ @PaulRoundy1 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Having better understanding of relevant information & mechanisms usually makes experts better but they also fall 2 arrogance & echo chamber.

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      3. Paul Roundy‏ @PaulRoundy1 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @PaulRoundy1 @sapinker

        Much better if the population of experts includes people w/ differing biases so that genuine review takes place.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Alex Murillo‏ @alex_amurillo 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @PaulRoundy1 @sapinker

        I think Steven is smart enough to know this but is seeing the power of his class wane and understandably getting concerned.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. K. A. Miller‏ @KaMiller1 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Oh, c'mon. Not talking about professions.

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      1. Jeremy Poynton‏ @ChippyOldGit 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        And it was experts who ruined the health of millions with their nonsense about fats. And cholesterol. Eh?

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      1. Richard S‏ @wibblywobblywoo 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Flying a plane is quite a lot easier than accurately predicting the future of the economy and political/social events

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      1. Philip Burgess‏ @bigyospeck 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I can relate to being an ignored expert. It's almost like me making a profit by influencing their purchasing decisions isn't their concern!

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      2. Dale Reed‏ @dalereed51 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        "you can't criticise religion unless you're an expert in theology"

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