Questioning Expertise (Curated Discussion Test)

Except for all the ones that aren’t. (Sorry, you said “here”. What’s the relevance of that?)

Yes.

This is a theological question with a theological answer.

In what sense do you respect the expertise of Dr. John Sanford, Dr. Robert Carter, Dr. Don Batten, Dr. Jim Mason, Dr Jonathan Sarfati … and so forth?

It doesn’t work to try to make your decisions about life’s most important questions (how did we get here, where do we go when we die, etc.) based upon somebody’s supposed expertise. You’re going to have to do thinking of your own.

How do you intend to verify? Personally rerun the experiment? Pursue doctorates in every specialty known to man? Sure, you can and should scour the literature for dissenting opinions, but the experts usually agree on much more that their finer points of divergence.

One way to verify in a scientific context is to see if there’s a group of experts who dissent from the view you’re being told. Then, listen to them in their own words (not the caricature presented of them by their opponents). Evaluate why they disagree. Naturally, you cannot reproduce all the experiments yourself, but that’s not what I’m talking about.