Axe-grinder here, hi
It’s not that crackpots are “almost always” right
But on “almost every” topic, *some* crackpot is right-er than institutions
Crackpot truth high watermark always higher+faster than inst
For best results, survey crackpots for best, not institutions for avg
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The conclusion to draw from 4 years of post-truth is that the crackpots are occasionally right, people with axes to grind overstate the ‘occasionally’ into ‘almost always’ and people who insist too hard that experts should suffer no loss of trust are likely habitual Noble Liars
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