Mark McNeilly over at Mimir's Well* Not All Experts Are Equal.
TLDR: Public trust in "experts" has declined—but the term itself is too broad and misleading. We wrongly lump together practitioners, analysts, and activists. Practitioners operate in the physical world with proven methods; analysts work with models and data; activists often push ideologically-driven agendas. To restore trust and avoid bad policy, we must distinguish between these groups and calibrate our trust based on method, track record, and truth-seeking intent—not titles.
Giving us a summary like that is a nice touch, but it is worth watching him make his argument at the link. I commented there and would repeat it, by my words were in the context of a further discussion and are not fully standalone. You will have to seek them there.
*Great reference. It took me a minute, as it was familiar but hazy.
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