Saturday, October 30, 2010
Experts will be experts
The job of an "expert" or a "scientist" in modern times is simple.
(1) When asked about phenomena which are obviously and factually uncorrelated and random, declare in an authoritative voice that these phenomena are totally and permanently linked.
(2) When asked about phenomena which are obviously and factually correlated and connected, declare in an authoritative voice that these phenomena are completely random and uncorrelated.
We see Expertise #1 all the time with carbon dioxide and climate.
Expertise #2 normally runs in the realm of human characteristics such as race and intelligence, but we occasionally see an example in other fields.
You'd think every once in a while a "scientist" would state a fact. That would at least keep the public guessing. In the current situation the public has ACCURATELY CONCLUDED from available evidence that all "scientists" are evil idiots. ¶ 5:33 AM
(1) When asked about phenomena which are obviously and factually uncorrelated and random, declare in an authoritative voice that these phenomena are totally and permanently linked.
(2) When asked about phenomena which are obviously and factually correlated and connected, declare in an authoritative voice that these phenomena are completely random and uncorrelated.
We see Expertise #1 all the time with carbon dioxide and climate.
Expertise #2 normally runs in the realm of human characteristics such as race and intelligence, but we occasionally see an example in other fields.
The eruption happened less than 24 hours after a tsunami several hundred miles away hit Indonesian islands off Sumatra, triggered by a powerful earthquake unconnected to the volcano.
You'd think every once in a while a "scientist" would state a fact. That would at least keep the public guessing. In the current situation the public has ACCURATELY CONCLUDED from available evidence that all "scientists" are evil idiots. ¶ 5:33 AM
