I could trust other people’s answers, but credentials and authority have never looked more useless
I wonder whether less trust in authorities could make people more interested in LW-style rationality.
I can’t find the link now, but a few people mentioned disappointment in authorities as an important step on their road to rationality. An impulse to figure out things on your own, because you can no longer trust that the experts will get everything right.
I wonder whether less trust in authorities could make people more interested in LW-style rationality.
I can’t find the link now, but a few people mentioned disappointment in authorities as an important step on their road to rationality. An impulse to figure out things on your own, because you can no longer trust that the experts will get everything right.