The death of expertise? More like the proliferation, because as self-identifying smart people say so often when sneering at people like Joe Rogan or Joe Blow on Twitter or Facebook or Instagram, “everybody’s an expert.”
That snark has some unintended truth to it, though, because the media will treat any egghead as an expert on any topic, assuming the nerd in question is willing to tow the party line.
One such grifter got busted big time by @NeonTaster, who captured the evolution of covid hysteric Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding.
Eric Feigl-Ding's Twitter bio's evolution over the past month. First he added "global health security," then he changed it to "global biosecurity," and then he removed all the covid stuff because now his feed is all about his Ukraine and nuclear hysteria punditry. Covid is gone. pic.twitter.com/pXekLjUcRi
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) March 5, 2022
Eric Feigl-Ding now identifies as a Ukraine expert because he's transgrifter.
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) March 5, 2022
This is what they do. They move from one thing they can sponge off to the next. And the rest of us have to obey their will or get banned from the internet. Or worse.
These are the kinds of people who drive policy and politics. And they are scum.