Journalists are often under deadline pressure, which is why, says Crikey’s Emily Watkins, they return again and again to the same experts. Those who give good quotes are often also pretty good at making…
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Promising scientific consensus is a perilous principle on which to found meaningful engagement between experts and the public.
Everything we know about the way experts’ brains work tells us that Mayweather is likely to win the fight.
Tom Nichols’ book The Death of Expertise examines why the relationship between experts and citizens in a democracy is collapsing, and what can be done about it.
Experts may be dismissed when they express values, offer advice or make mistakes. But these expectations are unreasonable and unhelpful.
Despite the claims of populist politicians, academics and experts can drive positive social change.
A network of EU experts helps monitor food safety, banking conduct and medicines. And no-one seems to have a plan for replacing them.
The Astronomer Royal answers some of the world’s – and the universe’s – biggest questions.
How to define the public role of universities in the age of post-truth populism.
Our need for unbiased, well-researched information has never been greater.
The BBC’s Sherlock – along with most contemporary adaptations – seems to indicate that the values of the intellect are not those of society.
We know what the politicians think about the experts – but what do the experts think of them?
Most economists argued against Brexit, predicting dire consequences if the UK voted to leave the EU. Here’s why bets are still on to see if they were right.
Beware dumbing down.
When all the evidence points in one direction, people can quite happily go the other. Whether it’s Trump, Brexit or climate change.
The push for policymakers to make ‘evidence-based’ decisions heightens the value of experts, but should it?
If we want to use scientific thinking to solve problems, we need people to appreciate evidence and heed expert advice. But the Australian suspicion of authority extends to experts, and this public cynicism…
People are wildly wrong when we ask them about many aspects of life in Britain, as shown in a new survey by Ipsos MORI for the Royal Statistical Society and King’s College London. We think one in four…
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