tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post8567921952907060151..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Telling the truth in an age of liesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-1849057400456869012016-11-10T09:02:50.261+00:002016-11-10T09:02:50.261+00:00A very good point, Nicola. This is really not help...A very good point, Nicola. This is really not helped by organisations that should know better selling introductory courses with titles like 'Masterclass' (The Guardian) and 'Expert in a Day' (New Scientist). Really, the 'expertise' that can be acquired in a day is NOT expertise - except in a very limited specialised area where the participants are already experts and want to home in on a detailed aspect. Perhaps it began with the devaluation of the term 'consultant', used for shop assistant, person who sells dodgy insurance products, and so on.Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-57409890523496610422016-11-09T17:02:37.722+00:002016-11-09T17:02:37.722+00:00Indeed. Well said.
It's also a world where, ...Indeed. Well said. <br /><br />It's also a world where, even if some people despise "experts", we can suddenly all be experts (which is perhaps why some others undervalue real experts because it looks so easy to become one) and indeed, we too often think we are. People too often skim-read things (or read things that have been skim-written by other skim-readers) and swallow them down in little gobbets, thinking that's enough and, as you say, believing them to be true and the whole truth. It's as though we don't have time to delve for truth so we accept what we read and what fits our existing beliefs because anything else is just too much.Nicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847390687632715336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-23018330504143904322016-11-09T10:15:14.998+00:002016-11-09T10:15:14.998+00:00Well said, Anne! Many thanks.Well said, Anne! Many thanks.Lynne Bentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412874594191347503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-62295243768211727382016-11-09T09:41:50.999+00:002016-11-09T09:41:50.999+00:00The right post for today of all days. Thanks, Anne...The right post for today of all days. Thanks, Anne.Penny Dolannoreply@blogger.com