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'Experts' Should Be Treated With Scepticism

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Why do we need experts who have extensive formal training and lots of knowledge under their belt to work things out when we have plenty of people like Barnaby Joyce running the country?
Posted by Mr Opinion, Thursday, 21 May 2020 9:19:18 AM
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PS And don't forget we have our own secret weapon: Andrew Forrest.
Posted by Mr Opinion, Thursday, 21 May 2020 9:20:19 AM
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Paul 1405,

Your personal attack on individual is a disgrace.
Posted by ttbn, Thursday, 21 May 2020 10:28:12 AM
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How does that song go, “Everyone an expert, baby. That’s no lie. We aim to satisfy….”

What is an expert? An old Definition, but still true:
“X is the unknown factor & a spert is a Drip under pressure.”

ttbn: Judith Sloan's guess is that the reverse will happen: experts will be seen as narrow, self-seeking types with no skin in the game. "They deserve to be treated with suspicion and scepticism".

Gawd, she’s a bit late. I came to that conclusion about 50 years ago.

Paul1405: Compared to others, our political leadership has performed well in this crisis.

Yes, I think he has. There was the initial response. Such as, “let’s wait & see & hope it’s not as bad as it looks.”

When it was realized that it was even worse than it looks an appropriate response was initiated. Against those who thought they lose out the most. Those who have no regard for peoples health only their own pockets.

Unlike Trump in America, and now some fool in Brazil who have disregarded real expert advice and taken it upon themselves to dole out the "knowledge" with disastrous consequences.

America is America & the people have reacted as I would expect Americans to react. “You cain’t tell me what to do. I have Raights. I’m a ‘Merican.” & they consequently are paying the price. They still don’t get it. Ay. (shakes head)

ttbn: How many of you have looked into the biographies of these 'experts' to see which of them has training in viruses and epidemics?

What di I see. A load of Economists experts foretelling Doom & Gloom. They are the ones that are professing to be the “Experts.”

Drug Company Experts that don’t want people using readily available, & cheap, medication because they’ll not make anything out of this disaster.

Socialist /Marxists willing to take a advantage to preach their vile Dogma.

That’s what I see. Ay.
Posted by Jayb, Thursday, 21 May 2020 5:33:38 PM
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//Ok, then what is a Uni academically educated person who does no obvious useful work called ?//

A Fine Arts Professor.
Posted by Toni Lavis, Thursday, 21 May 2020 7:16:48 PM
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I can see both sides of this. I also have no skin in the game.

As an 80 year old, after 3 heart attacks & resultant lung damage, I am one of the more vulnerable. I appreciate some protection, but think perhaps another approach may have been better.

As an ex operator of tourist operations in the Whitsundays I can see the other side of it. There are large companies which operate on slim margins. Even a couple of weeks of no income would have them in trouble.

However it is the thousands of small operations, private family operations with a couple of hundred thousand or a couple of million invested, much of it borrowed, who will have very little chance of survival. These are people who have worked 15 hour days, with perhaps a day or 2 off a month for many years. It is very true to say these people & whole families "live" their business. Their lives & every cent they have are invested in the business.

I don't know the answer, but these people don't deserve to be destroyed by a government medical officer order, a bureaucrat with no skin in the game.

Perhaps we should be locking up the infected, & the possibly infected, rather than the healthy. Surely we could have the police ensuring the infected stay locked up, rather than issue huge fines to the healthy. Yes it might be a lot harder for government that way, but destroying the liver of perhaps millions is not a good look to me.
Posted by Hasbeen, Thursday, 21 May 2020 10:11:17 PM
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