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lanre 2 points ago +2 / -0

"Being deeply knowledgeable on one subject narrows one’s focus and increases confidence, but it also blurs dissenting views until they are no longer visible, thereby transforming data collection into bias confirmation and morphing self-deception into self-assurance."

" By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet's impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine's." - Paul Krugman, "economist"

"Thalidomide is a totally safe cure for morning sickness. Pregnant mothers need not worry." -Everyone except for Frances Oldham Kelsey

"Iraq has WMDs, this yellow cake proves it. Also, forget about that time I helped cover-up the My Lai Massacre." -Colin Powell and our 17 intelligence agencies

"Our experts agree that Bin Laden fled to Afghanistan." - Our 17 "intelligence" agencies

"We knew nothing about the impending Pearl Harbor attack, it was a total surprise!" -FDR

Here's some science behind why you shouldn't blindly trust "experts". https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-experts-are-almost-always-wrong-9997024/