Stark Divide: Americans More Confident in Career Scientists at U.S. Health Agencies Than Leaders.
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This shouldn’t be a surprise when it’s clear our leaders in top don’t have the knowledge or even common sense.
The leaders ought to have more confidence in career scientists than themselves. But here we are.
Seems like this should maybe always be the case? The leaders of orgs like this aren't usually the smartest and best in their fields, or even particularly representative of them. They're the planners and communicators that can navigate the current waters to get the funding, hir...
SES is set up to be managers, not field experts.
The current "leaders" are nearly all lawyers, hedge fund managers, tech bros / grifters, industry lobbyists or podcasters. I have higher trust in the groundskeepers.
> Public confidence that career scientists at federal health agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are providing the public with trustworthy information abou...
Shocking Headline... People trust scientists with science more than they trust, Grifters, Heroin addicts, podcasters and professional realty show guests!
They always have been!