Media, Information and Technoculture 1050A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Confirmation Bias, Loaded Language, Hasty Generalization
23 Jul 2018
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It"s always possible, of course, that a conflicting claim is true and some of our background information is unfounded. They have access to more information on the subject than we do: 2. In most fields, the following two indicators are considered minimal prerequisites for being considered an expert: 1. Education and training from reputable institutions or programs in the relevant field: 2. Experience in making reliable judgments in the field: but unfortunately, people can have the requisite education and experience and still not know what they"re talking about in the field in question. Two additional indicators, though, are more revealing: 3. Personal experience: personal experience, broadly defined, arises from our senses, memory, and judgment involved in those faculties. If our perceptual powers are somehow impaired or impeded, we have reason to doubt them. If any one of these factors are in play (drugged, drunk, ill, tired etc.
