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[–] LongLive@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago (2 children)
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[–] EnthusiasticNature94@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I agree with Dr. Jey McCreight on the science.

But for determining truth, both sides are wrong here.

Dunning-Kruger is bad, but so is credentialism and appeal to authority.

Many people with PhD's have had Dunning-Kruger. Someone else mentioned Ben Carson being great at neurosurgery, but not politics.

A PhD doesn't make you infallible.

I am saying this as someone who is taking graduate-level courses and will be pursuing my PhD. When I'm correct, it's not because my future PhD causes reality to magically conform to my opinions - it's because I rigorously looked at the evidence, logic, and formed my own conclusion that better aligns with reality.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

You can even be incorrect on a subject you have expertise in.

Experts often disagree.

If it were that easy, everything would be solved. We wouldn't need so much research or so many universities.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

that's why we have peer reviews for new findings by experts.

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[–] nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The phrase is funny but you wouldn't catch me dead wearing a logical fallacy

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[–] Acinonyx@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

you just know that 75% of people who would wear this don't really have a PhD and 90% of those don't have a PhD in the right field

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[–] Djinn_Indigo@lemm.ee 6 points 20 hours ago

Honestly, it would be a pretty lame T-shirt.

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