Glenn GreenwaldIncestuous, homogeneous fiefdoms of self-proclaimed expertise are always rank-closing and mutually self-defending, above all else.
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In an article for the journal Nature, David Krakauer describes how “overweening” experts on one particular topic can lead to the marginalization of the majority of experts who do not agree with them. When people become experts in one subject without having expertise on many other subjects, it often leads to an inability to understand the logic of others' arguments. This is especially true within scientific fields, where there are some pretty clear rules about what counts as valid evidence.
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