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52. Thinking like this could up-end many things

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 11:55 AM

Aug 12

Academia, traffic control systems, computer science to name a few.

Let's turn over the world to magical thinking.

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RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: 'Trusting the experts is not science' [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 12 OP

Oh? Tell me who is SUPERIOR to "experts" then . . . . . no_hypocrisy Aug 12 #1

R effin' K jr does his own research. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 12 #4

... on RW internet. marble falls Aug 12 #10

Trust is not a feature of science hueymahl Aug 12 #13

Really? Who exactly do you trust for information?nt Phoenix61 Aug 12 #17

That poster is correct. yardwork Aug 12 #39

Excellent point! biophile Aug 12 #31

"Many of the experts?" vanlassie Aug 12 #37

Former NEJM editor, others feel the same biophile Aug 12 #50

You have not substantiated your statement. vanlassie Aug 12 #56

My opinion/belief has nothing to do with science dpibel Aug 12 #35

I think you're both right but saying things differently. yardwork Aug 12 #40

That is not what it is about Nasruddin Aug 12 #64

De worm. IrishAfricanAmerican Aug 12 #20

We need to define "expert." sop Aug 12 #36

also need to account for "experts" that go off the deep end cadoman Aug 12 #41

Peer review is necessary, in all fields, particularly journalism. "Expertise" should stand up to scrutiny. sop Aug 12 #53

But ignoring the experts *is* a feature of authoritarianism.... unblock Aug 12 #2

Why yes it is. mgardener Aug 12 #6

I think you have it backwards pcdb Aug 12 #61

Yes, but authoritarians are even more blatantly, and literally, all about the appeal to authority fallacy unblock Aug 12 #62

Trusting only the "experts" who agree with your crackpot beliefs is not science. tanyev Aug 12 #3

Very true Rebl2 Aug 12 #42

This guy is a fuck9ng disaster. johnnyfins Aug 12 #5

Think about all the charitable entities Mr. Evil Aug 12 #29

This man is a gd dangerous idiot. Experts are science based. Irish_Dem Aug 12 #7

Well... OldBaldy1701E Aug 12 #15

I am assuming we are talking about real experts not frauds. Irish_Dem Aug 12 #66

Exactly. OldBaldy1701E Aug 12 #67

How much of his brain did that worm eat? oasis Aug 12 #8

Or it's all worm shit...n/t the nelm Aug 12 #34

Part of it Rebl2 Aug 12 #43

The only thing in there to being with WAS the worm. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Aug 12 #60

But pulling it from his butt and reading woooo on the internet is science. He had to have been switched at birth ... marble falls Aug 12 #9

Bobby Jr: "You can't control the amount of energy that everybody is getting." area51 Aug 12 #11

I saw that too... Moostache Aug 12 #45

I read that and nearly did a spit take. maxsolomon Aug 12 #59

What is this sick, deranged fuck doing, in charge of the nation's health? Paladin Aug 12 #12

Trump knew he was an idiot. Birds of a feather..... twodogsbarking Aug 12 #14

Kennedy appears to be very "new agey" in his thinking.. LiberalArkie Aug 12 #16

I don't Rebl2 Aug 12 #44

This guy's better than Buckaroo Bonzai. nt BootinUp Aug 12 #18

HEY! Don't insult Buckaroo Banzai that way. HE was a real neurosurgeon, physicist ms liberty Aug 12 #25

No matter where you go, there you are..... Bayard Aug 12 #46

"Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said." MLWR Aug 12 #19

Unfuckingbelievable. NNadir Aug 12 #21

"control the amount of energy"??? WTAF??? LymphocyteLover Aug 12 #22

'Murica truly is the land of opportunity, even an anti-vax conspiracy theorist long term heroin user ..... groundloop Aug 12 #23

You need to put that on a T-shirt and sell it. Dem2theMax Aug 12 #58

Yet he expects us to trust the expert heroin junky. truthisfreedom Aug 12 #24

Don't trust science, but trust an idiot. Nothing new here. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Firestorm49 Aug 12 #26

Trusting a brain damaged ex junkie isn't either Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 12 #27

And listening to you, Boobie, is far worse. Get a real job, like Chief Bottle Washer at an aluminum plant. Wonder Why Aug 12 #28

Fuck that freakshow fool Blue Owl Aug 12 #30

He's gonna kill so fucking many of us. Eliot Rosewater Aug 12 #32

But scrutinizing the evidence is C_U_L8R Aug 12 #33

But trusting an idiot who believes in quack medicine is? Dave Bowman Aug 12 #38

For anyone who missed it the first time around, Bayard Aug 12 #47

Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy? patphil Aug 12 #48

I 100% agree. (nt) oasis Aug 12 #70

Trusting one who think he knows more than the experts is very foolish. republianmushroom Aug 12 #49

Trusting an idiot is not science. milestogo Aug 12 #51

Thinking like this could up-end many things bucolic_frolic Aug 12 #52

For some reason, magical thinking is Haggard Celine Aug 12 #57

"5,000 peer-reviewed studies" Who reviewed them? Just whoever? underpants Aug 12 #54

Vax research gfarber Aug 12 #55

So instead of experts Nasruddin Aug 12 #63

Trusting Brain Worm Bobby BlueMTexpat Aug 12 #65

My high school biology asks: What the F--k is he talking about? How much energy is in a dead virus? What? rickyhall Aug 12 #68

... He said, in his capacity as a self-proclaimed EXPERT?????? BurnDoubt Aug 12 #69

Research funding wasn't canceled? Nt BadgerKid Aug 13 #71