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The Death of Expertise
I am (or at least think I am) an expert. Not on everything, but on many things in a particular but wide area of human knowledge, specifically social science and public policy. When I say something, I expect that my opinion holds more weight than that of most other people, particularly laymen. In fact, I have been paid by many institutions, academic and professional, to speak, based precisely on the assumption that my views on certain matters are worth paying for. And they are, generally.
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While those with "expertise" have a great deal of information to share, disputes most often arise from the practical implications of their remedies. The implementation of informed policy is where, bias/agenda "rears its ugly head".