> Everybody's winging it, nobody knows what they're doing
I’ve seen this comment a lot in recent years and I think there’s a lot of nuance here that is unappreciated.
When taken literally, it is used as a weapon of anti-intellectualism e.g. the doctors don’t know what they are doing when it comes to vaccines.
What it actually should mean is that the experts know there’s only a small slice about the universe/society that we understand, and thus proposal represents the best of our knowledge. It cannot guarantee success. But by god, it’s a lot better of an attempt than the opinion of some guy off the street
I’ve seen this comment a lot in recent years and I think there’s a lot of nuance here that is unappreciated.
When taken literally, it is used as a weapon of anti-intellectualism e.g. the doctors don’t know what they are doing when it comes to vaccines.
What it actually should mean is that the experts know there’s only a small slice about the universe/society that we understand, and thus proposal represents the best of our knowledge. It cannot guarantee success. But by god, it’s a lot better of an attempt than the opinion of some guy off the street