If you claim to be an expert at something, you likely have an agenda, whether you believe it or not. You will always be using your presumed title of "expert" to market something. Your self, your product, your service, your ideas, your beliefs...or even your tyranny and terrorism.
The world is full of experts though, pretty much everyone who has worked in an industry their whole life is some kind of expert. I'm an expert in construction. I constantly demur to the expertise of other guys who have different specialties.
The problem is that the 'expert' has been co-opted by the political class. It lets them make arguments from authority while shielding them from the responsibility of having done so.
The problem isn't with experts, it's with the use of them as a cat's paw to wield power. The same principle occurs everywhere. If a field/person/institution is a conduit for power it will become corrupted and stupid as it's purpose is bent to serve that power.
That's why the feeling you have for 'experts' is the same one you have for 'the media' or 'universities'. The same thing has happened to all of them. It's a symptom of the fact that power has to mask itself in western societies because we haven't integrated our shadow and can't deal with it so we have to hide it behind all these different things.
Powerful stuff as usual. Love the Dude, o' course, and the mermaid. Thought the "two wolves" was genius. Hard to not like anything, tho I do wonder if it's all not too much. Guess as long as you're having fun doing it that's all that matters...
That's what I was hoping for. Hope you get time to stretch your legs, though. This seems time-consuming and bent legs nix good for hips 'N' joints...8^)
I knew it, Mermaid, but now I understand why. Thanks v much and election stuff so pertinent, looks like Ireland went for status quo on locals, MEP not in yet……. It’s v depressing
If you claim to be an expert at something, you likely have an agenda, whether you believe it or not. You will always be using your presumed title of "expert" to market something. Your self, your product, your service, your ideas, your beliefs...or even your tyranny and terrorism.
The world is full of experts though, pretty much everyone who has worked in an industry their whole life is some kind of expert. I'm an expert in construction. I constantly demur to the expertise of other guys who have different specialties.
The problem is that the 'expert' has been co-opted by the political class. It lets them make arguments from authority while shielding them from the responsibility of having done so.
The problem isn't with experts, it's with the use of them as a cat's paw to wield power. The same principle occurs everywhere. If a field/person/institution is a conduit for power it will become corrupted and stupid as it's purpose is bent to serve that power.
That's why the feeling you have for 'experts' is the same one you have for 'the media' or 'universities'. The same thing has happened to all of them. It's a symptom of the fact that power has to mask itself in western societies because we haven't integrated our shadow and can't deal with it so we have to hide it behind all these different things.
Great stuff. Awareness appreciated.
Absofuckinglutely!!!
Powerful stuff as usual. Love the Dude, o' course, and the mermaid. Thought the "two wolves" was genius. Hard to not like anything, tho I do wonder if it's all not too much. Guess as long as you're having fun doing it that's all that matters...
I have fun with it. I'd have done it anyway. This way makes it more fun because I can kind of create a flow and a story to them. :)
That's what I was hoping for. Hope you get time to stretch your legs, though. This seems time-consuming and bent legs nix good for hips 'N' joints...8^)
Love it. 😆😆😆
I knew it, Mermaid, but now I understand why. Thanks v much and election stuff so pertinent, looks like Ireland went for status quo on locals, MEP not in yet……. It’s v depressing
You funny lady Miss Ann!
I have that same experience quite often.
Common words strike me as weird. Sober or not!🤪
Stay Weird Ann. 😁