>be me, undergrad>see an error in one of my professor's powerpoints>point it out to him, "this equation is wrong">he agrees and corrects itdoesn't this interaction prove that sometimes experts can be wrong and uneducated people can be right? why are experts dismissing regular people that have new ideas about their field of expertise? for example cosmology doctorates dismissing me when I tell them the speed of light is not constant? shouldn't they take my suggestion seriously and at the very least check if I'm right or not?experts can be wrong too, claiming they're not is disingenuouswith the amount of mistakes I found on my professor's notes, I can eeven say that normal people are right way more often than experts
>>16810319Stop making your mother cry, op.
>>16810319Scientists and professors can often be wrong, it's human and no theory is perfect. Studies from 100 years ago used to be viewed as scientific fact when us modern people look at the science of those times and realize how bogus it was since we've disproved it. And Doctors and engineers make more mistakes than you would like to know. So to answer your question yes but it's more so that there's retarded professors and researchers just like there's average retards. It's good that you question it and honestly a good professor is willing to answer a question or theory even if it's false
>>16810319Regular people are uneducated and are much more wrong much more often than experts. Your anecdotes are worthless.
>>16810332Well yes but experts can be wrong too. But that doesn't mean the average joe like you said is as smart as a scientific expert but even expert scientists can be wrong since at the end of the day their people too. That's why a good expert is willing to test their theory again and question it more than once
>>16810337Why are you saying that as though it's a discovery you've made? Are you retarded? This is why regular people like you are not taken seriously.
>>16810343Never said it's a discovery but okay. I was agreeing with your point, what type of research/field are you in?
>>16810350No, you weren't agreeing with my point. You were trying to justify your retarded thread. I will not tell you anything about what my field is.
>>1681035>>16810352Okay, but I am agreeing with you that the average person doesn't know more than a scientist/researcher but are you saying that research and data can't be wrong? I think OP was making a broad statement but I'm curious about more of your thoughts if you don't mind
>>16810368research entails the scientific method, it literally forces you to proof your hypothesis or supplies evidence to the contrary.Data cant be wrong unless your data gathering setup is faulty. Interpreting data is where it gets iffy because ppl tend to put their own biases in the interpretation.
>>16810368>are you saying that research and data can't be wrong?Where in my posts do you think I said that?> OP was making a broad statementOP said: "I can eeven say that normal people are right way more often than experts"Do you agree with that?
>>168103>>16810376Thank you for explaining in simple terms
>>16810378Nevermind I don't agree with that. That's a naive point of view, it's good to question things but saying a civilian more than an expert in their field is foolish. My bad for misinterpreting
>>16810332This is true for STEM and some humanities. Being an expert on opinionated fields is worthless. If nobody in a field can agree on even the most basic things, that necessarily means an expert is as about as likely to be correct as a layman.
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>>16810422It's true only for STEM.
>>16810319Precisely zero people are claiming that experts are infallible or that the uneducated can never be right. The problem arises when you disregard the credentials entirely.My opinion as a layman in a field is not equal to the opinion of an expert in that field. That's no excuse to not apply some critical thinking to what the expert is telling me. But it does mean I should spend more time listening to their argument and trying my best to understand it than I do actively searching for gotchas that justify my preexisting opinions.Your professor absent-mindedly slapped a power point together and made a simple error, probably as an afterthought when he got done doing real work in his field for the day. The fact that he recognized you were correct when you pointed out the error is evidence enough that the error wasn't the result of some sort of misunderstanding on his part. It's just a lack of attention payed when putting it together.
>>16810352salty bitchmade faggot, keep doing your unfruitful unwanted wrong """"science"""" in your adult day care """"university"""""
>>16810319There are some people without degrees that are way smarter and way more right than some people with degrees, yes. You could happen to be one of those smart (yet) non degree havers.
