America's Vaunted “Experts”: Often Wrong but Never in Doubt? We’ve traded wise men for experts — but learning is no substitute for wisdom. Understanding this is essential to determining valid advice.

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In our time we’ve traded wise men for experts — Confucius for the credentialed, Aquinas for academicians, Democritus for the degreed. Are we better for it?

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Emphasising how many with inherent power attain and maintain it with little to no effort.

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