The problem with thinking you know more than the experts
Clip: 4/14/2017 | 3m 10s
More and more, people don't care about expert views according to Tom Nichols.
More and more, people don't care about expert views. That's according to Tom Nichols, author of "The Death of Expertise," who says Americans have become insufferable know-it-alls, locked in constant conflict and debate with others over topics they actually know almost nothing about. Nichols shares his humble opinion on how we got here.
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The problem with thinking you know more than the experts
Clip: 4/14/2017 | 3m 10s
More and more, people don't care about expert views. That's according to Tom Nichols, author of "The Death of Expertise," who says Americans have become insufferable know-it-alls, locked in constant conflict and debate with others over topics they actually know almost nothing about. Nichols shares his humble opinion on how we got here.
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