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[-] EnthusiasticNature94 19 points 8 hours ago

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.

[-] freely1333@reddthat.com 1 points 6 hours ago

Listing Ben Carson as “not great at politics” when he was a polling national candidate for the highest office in the world is a wee bit of wild work. That’s like saying Kevin Durant is not great at basketball.

[-] EnthusiasticNature94 1 points 5 hours ago

Sure, but that's another discussion and is irrelevant to my point.

You should take it to the commentor who originally said that.

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