246 Quotes About Experts
- Author Bethany Albertson
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Like the Biblical Israelites, Americans who are afraid want to put their trust in actors who can effectively protect them, but rather than turning solely to the Lord, modern citizens might choose to put their trust in government experts.
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- Author Robert A. Heinlein
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Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.
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- Author Lawrence Booth
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The captains of England and Australia can barely exchange pleasantries these days without a body-language expert immediately declaiming on the angle of their handshakes.
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- Author Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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One of the main functions of jargon is to exaggerate expertise.
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- Author Annelise Riles
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the old narrative focused on carving out separate spheres of autonomy for citizens and experts, the new legitimacy narrative will focus on collaboration between these groups
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- Author Steven Magee
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I am among the world’s leading experts on High Altitude Diseases (HAD) and my research clearly shows that the Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) on the island of Hawaii need to be demolished to protect the health and safety of the summit workers.
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- Author Germany Kent
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Let your focus always be on the encouragement of innovation, experimentation, and creativity.
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- Author Lord Salisbury
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No lesson seems to be so deeply inculcated by the experience of life as that you never should trust experts. If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome: if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent: if you believe the soldiers, nothing is safe. They all require to have their strong wine diluted by a very large admixture of insipid common sense.
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- Author John Darlington
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In a dangerous atmosphere of cynicism and gullibility, personal belief, spin and gut feeling are pitted against complex evidence and academics in their ivory towers. In modern life, politicians can ignore data, research is a luxury and conspiracy theories are easy to set loose, but far more difficult to catch and dispatch. The general public, living in a world full of experts, have largely fallen out of love with the real thing.
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