[PDF/ePub]->The Death Of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters - Thomas M. Nichols

The Death Of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters

By : Thomas M. Nichols

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The rise of the internet and other technology has made information more easily-accessible than ever before. While this has had the positive effect of equalizing access to knowledge, it also has lowered the bar on what depth of knowledge is required to consider oneself an "expert." A cult of anti-expertise sentiment has coincided with anti-intellectualism, resulting in massively viral yet poorly informed debates ranging from the anti-vaccination movement to attacks on GMOs. This surge in intellectual egalitarianism has altered the landscape of debates-all voices are equal, and "fact" is a subjective term. Browsing WebMD puts one on equal footing with doctors, and Wikipedia allows all to be foreign policy experts, scientists, and more. As Tom Nichols shows in The Death of Expertise, there are a number of reasons why this has occurred-ranging from easy access to Internet search engines to a customer satisfaction model within higher education. The product of these interrelated trends,

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Author : Thomas M. Nichols

Pages : 272 pages

Publisher : Oxford University Press, Inc.

Language : eng

ISBN-10 : 0190469412

ISBN-13 : 9780190469412

 
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