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Ted Balaker's avatar

Excellent piece! One thought to add: the monoculture doesn't agree with experts, it agrees with the "right" kind of experts. See, for instance, the reaction to the Great Barrington Declaration, when experts with all the right credentials (Harvard, Stanford, Oxford) were dismissed as extremists because they had the "wrong" policy prescription.

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Bob Frank's avatar

> Skepticism, however, is not nihilism.

I love this! Too many people use the term "question" as synonymous with "deny." But it's perfectly fine to question and investigate your beliefs and ideas, and end up honestly coming to the conclusion that they're OK and valid after all.

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