None of that is necessary. Average folk, as you call us, don’t need to understand the specifics. All we really need to do is stop pretending that we know better than actual experts for social and/or political reasons. Let the scientists talk about science and leave our uneducated opinions out of it. It’s the laziest possible solution, which makes it perfect for application in America.
Of course, that will never happen for a variety of reasons but how sweet would it be if we could just get people to exercise the tiniest bit of self awareness regarding complicated issues?
None of that is necessary. Average folk, as you call us, don’t need to understand the specifics. All we really need to do is stop pretending that we know better than actual experts for social and/or political reasons. Let the scientists talk about science and leave our uneducated opinions out of it. It’s the laziest possible solution, which makes it perfect for application in America.
Of course, that will never happen for a variety of reasons but how sweet would it be if we could just get people to exercise the tiniest bit of self awareness regarding complicated issues?