Is he saying that he's better at understanding and evaluating climate junk science than all of the climate realists? Or is he saying that
we should blindly trust the experts, but only those "experts" who suggest that CO2 might kill our grandchildren?
Terry Newell: Who Cares What the Experts Say? - The Democratization of Science
we should blindly trust the experts, but only those "experts" who suggest that CO2 might kill our grandchildren?
Terry Newell: Who Cares What the Experts Say? - The Democratization of Science
Our educational system, by failing in its job to teach us how to understand and properly evaluate the work of scientists, makes us inaccurate judges of the claims of expertise at best and cynics of those claims at worst. What we cannot understand, we become willing to question - or ignore.Terry Newell
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Yet the democratization of scientific expertise carries danger with it. If experts cannot be trusted in a world whose problems are complex, who do we trust?
Terry's current work is focused on ethics and values-based leadership in government.
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Experts are not accorded deference when they testify in court. They must hold up under cross-examination. The jury may not understand the details, but they understand when an expert is shown to have cut corners, contradicted himself, or failed to meet standards.
This applies to climate scientists. They don't hold up under cross-examination. Even a layman understands that instruments must be used properly, that the scientific method must be followed, and that transparency is critical.
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