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Attempting to gatekeep the validity of opinions based on credentials is more than just faulty and behind the times. It usually hides a layer of insecurity, and we are all suffering the consequences because of it. ======LINKS====== All My Links: https://linktr.ee/mentiswave If you want to leave me a tip / support my content: https://ko-fi.com/mentiswave Follow me on Twitter for channel updates and general bantz: https://twitter.com/MentisWave My Discord: https://t.co/KenGzxdjDm Odysee Backup: https://odysee.com/@MentisWave:a Rumble Backup: https://rumble.com/c/c-1243074 ================= Sources: Book: "Expert Political Judgment" https://amzn.to/3TtHHVS Many Experts lack basic ability to interpret statistics: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/D1520CFBFEB2C282E93484057D84B6C6/S183449091900028Xa.pdf/beyond_psychology_prevalence_of_p_value_and_confidence_interval_misinterpretation_across_different_fields.pdf Social Scientists can't predict https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/g8f9s Economists can't predict: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-mainstream-economic-forecasts-are-so-often-wrong https://www.cato.org/blog/economists-cant-forecast https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/why-economists-failed-to-predict-the-financial-crisis/ Governments and their "experts" lie about everything. https://mises.org/mises-daily/never-ending-government-lies-about-markets https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/pa777.pdf https://www.cato.org/pandemics-policy/covid-19-case-study-government-failure# https://mises.org/mises-wire/yet-another-month-questionable-federal-jobs-data-310000-fewer-people-report-having-jobs?d7_alias_migrate=1 https://mises.org/podcasts/radio-rothbard/lies-damned-lies-and-government-statistics High IQ and self regulation/Motivation, and prediction https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222978548_Self-regulation_advantage_for_high-IQ_children_Findings_from_a_research_study https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2015/09/16/is-iq-a-predictor-of-success/?sh=12ed66a83604 Employers choosing skill over credential: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/college-degree-job-requirement/ Other: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-pacific-rim-psychology/article/beyond-psychology-prevalence-of-p-value-and-confidence-interval-misinterpretation-across-different-fields/D1520CFBFEB2C282E93484057D84B6C6