Salad Bars and what else is not coming back

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Belief in expertise rather than belief in beliefs or feelings. Used to be what someone actually knew and could prove was more important than what someone believed about a subject or whether what someone was told matched his politics. Sadly, no more. We've got morons dying from COVID still claiming COVID is a government hoax and that there are nanobots in the vaccines, and still other pinheads equating putting on a mask to go into Costco to what the Nazis did. True American Idiots. And rather than lead from the front and call BS on Boo Boo The Fool, our leaders and media actually tolerate stupid people spouting nonsense from places of pure ignorance because it is their 'right' to do so. It is a right to speak, not a right to be given any credibility and not be called out if what comes out of your cake-hole is just plain dumb.

I also find the cognitive dissonance to be stunning. Who would you rather go to, a board-certified doctor or some random guy from the internet? Who would you rather represent you in court, an attorney or some random guy from facebook? Who is a better choice to design a nuclear reactor, a trained engineer or some guy with a blog? If the former in each case, why take legal, medical or scientific advice from the latter?

And feelings? Yeah, you can shove those; no one cares how you feel about 1+1=2, except maybe the team of therapists who should be assigned to you if you think your feelings matter.

Alas, Adam, you cannot unteach stupid.