How to Distinguish Experts from Non-Experts

 

•          If you can’t explain it to Grandma, it’s baloney.

1.       If they say, “It’s just too complex for you to understand,” it’s baloney.

•          If the scientists or their company are making a fortune from it, it’s baloney.

•          If it’s an observable phenomena but scientists are saying “don’t trust your own senses” it’s baloney.

•          If they resort to bribing you, it’s baloney.

•          If opposing views are suppressed rather than disputed by fact & reason, it’s baloney.

•          If there’s a clear conflict of interest, it’s baloney.

•          If it flies in the face of a century of previous science or art, it’s baloney.

•          If the “experts” speak in absolutes w/ zero humility, it’s baloney.

•          If anyone says “the science is settled”, it’s baloney.

•          If you see a bandwagon forming, don’t get on. It’s baloney.

•          If you detect a hard-sell, it’s baloney.

•          If there’s censorship, and only one approved narrative, it’s baloney.

•          If they keep changing their minds (masks bad, masks good, Trump vax bad, Biden vax good) it’s baloney.

•          If it negates everything you learned in 7^th grade biology class, it’s baloney.