I have not read The Death of Expertise. I am aware of it as a matter of memetic absorption. Its point is that experts and their expertise are not being treated with proper deference. The troubles we find ourselves in are a result of this negligence—of our lack of respect for The People Who Know Things.
I am also aware that the experts who believe this are idiots. I have seen, directly, their idiotic tweets here and there. I have seen their crooked, uncomfortable faces saying idiotic things on the TV, which they think still rules the world. If it is signals you are looking for rather than noise, this is enough to conclude they are idiots, as just about anyone reading this knows.
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