The pretense is that Donald Trump and JD Vance believe the things they are saying, when, in fact, they know better.
They would have you believe subject matter experts are wrong, or deceiving the public. This causes mistrust in the resources humanity has developed over generations.
Both these men have Ivy League educations, they know the real value of educated experts.
If they need medical assistance, I am certain they will see a well educated expert in the field, not someone who has read a few articles and uses their “instinct” to make decisions.
I have interacted with Trump supporters for years ( 2 cycles back now) and often found people who grab onto one or two facts, pieces of information which they use to draw what they see as an obvious conclusion.
The problem with this technique is that it is susceptible to tunnel vision, ignoring other information which may contradict what they choose to believe in order to simplify the argument.
The truth is access to and understanding information is not enough to draw accurate conclusions, nor is it the sum total of a full education.
The awareness that a seemingly obvious conclusions can, after a comprehensive examination, prove to be incorrect teaches us to question what seems obvious.
We learn skills like, cross reference, hypothesis and testing ( the scientific method ) and consideration of what may remain unknown.
Additionally, the educated person has experienced confirmation of, and the appropriate restriction of, consent to validity, and that some things actually do follow obviously.
In short, information alone does not tell the story, some structured analytical skills are required.
Your doctor may do one test, or two, and draw a definitive conclusion based on that information because they have the clinical experience and education to know when something follows obviously, and when more test ( or additional information) is required.
I am confident that information alone does not result in accurate conclusions.
Nor does instinct alone.
Rather, a generational combination of education, skills, experience and common sense as applied by experts in the field, has provided the quality of life we enjoy today.
Which is why we should trust the experts.
Any person who has attended an institution of higher learning, much more an Ivy League school, has had to learn this in order to graduate.
Trump and Vance are well aware that experts know what they are talking about, but that does not support the narrative they are selling to gain power.
So they lie to the American people and tell us not to believe the experts.
The world waits to see just how gullible we are.
Venting Boomer 