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Well, in my time it was one of the hallmarks of the dangerously stupid to blindly follow the „experts“. But times seems to have changed.
(I can show you some very interesting texts from german encyclopedias from the 1930s, in which ‘experts’ expressed themselves quite clearly on racial theory. All complete nonsense, of course. But – ‘experts’.)
More examples? The „experts“ who thought that cholera was caused by „miasma“ until John Snow (who knows nothing.. eh that was another one) proved it to be spread by contaminated water.
The „experts“ who said that Ignaz Semmelweis was stupid as he thought it would be a good idea for doctors to wash their hands?
Semmelweis himself was later classified as mentally ill and tragically died in a psychiatric institution.
Today, he is considered one of the pioneers of modern hygiene in medicine.
Max Planck was told by „Experts“ not to study physics, „because there is nothing new to be found“
The discovery that stomach ulcers are caused by bacteria—specifically Helicobacter pylori—was made by Dr. Barry Marshall and Dr. Robin Warren, both Australian researchers. This breakthrough occurred in the early 1980s.
At the time, the prevailing medical opinion was that ulcers were caused primarily by stress, spicy food, and excess stomach acid. The idea that bacteria could survive in the acidic environment of the stomach—and actually cause ulcers—was considered absurd by most experts. Marshall and Warren’s hypothesis was widely dismissed and ridiculed in the medical community.(All-„Experts“)
To prove their point, Barry Marshall famously drank a culture of H. pylori in 1984, deliberately infecting himself and subsequently developing gastritis. He then cured himself with antibiotics, providing dramatic evidence that H. pylori caused stomach inflammation and ulcers.
Eventuell, their work was accepted and revolutionized the treatment of ulcers. In 2005, Marshall and Warren were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery.
Oh- and what about the russian „experts“ who thought that their fleet of Strategic nuclear bombers were safe, 5000 km away from the ukraine?
And climate change? If you add up all the national plans to keep in line with the climate goals of paris there shall be planted so many forests until 2050 as to cover the whole of the United States. Nobody really specifies where to plant all these trees- but all these „national contributions“ were devised by „experts“ so- these nust be feasable, right?
Sometimes there’s so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can’t take it… and my heart is just going to cave in.
-American Beauty







