When some highly credentialed individual or organization works to suppress an idea with the old chestnut "But we have not seen any evidence that...." experts (and all of us) would to well to remember that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Of course there is the willful refusal to look for evidence or to acknowledge evidence. While not actively lying, this refusal is nevertheless a deliberate act of deception with the same intent to mislead and manipulate.
I’m wondering how many times “experts” have been “baffled” since the existential threat of global cooling became global warming became climate change.
I'm starting to think the "experts" live in a constant state of "bafflement"!!
You could almost say the definition of being an expert requires them having a certain percentage of bafflement time 😑
Isn't "bafflement" a box to check on the DEI page of a resume?
Or cognitive dissonance
What I really don’t understand is how can anyone trust an “expert “ that is constantly baffled.
Amen!
I'm bout ready to identify as an expert
Do it! I identify as sane...
When some highly credentialed individual or organization works to suppress an idea with the old chestnut "But we have not seen any evidence that...." experts (and all of us) would to well to remember that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Of course there is the willful refusal to look for evidence or to acknowledge evidence. While not actively lying, this refusal is nevertheless a deliberate act of deception with the same intent to mislead and manipulate.
Yes!
🎯
Or since autism and type 2 diabetes have exploded. Just… baffled.
Well, those are obviously caused by climate change. I say that in jest. But everything imaginable is being attributed to climate change. By "experts".
Mathematical interpretation:
If > in expert bafflement, then > in research funding.
🤣 Perfect proof of the baffle factor.