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Jan 13, 2021

INTRODUCTION

Hello everyone! I decided to open my blog to review and critically discuss Tom Nichols- The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters

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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION

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Jan 10, 2021

From the information age to the age of ignorance.

I came across this video of trump supporters that organised a rally against the impeachment in 2020. None had read the transcript for the impeachment or had concrete information about anything as seen in the video. …

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Jan 9, 2021

Erosion of Experts

The Department For Education (2019) released official statistics that an estimated 50.2% of people between the ages of 17–30 had attended university; this is the highest number to date. This increased accessibility to education does not necessarily mean we are thinking critically. …

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Erosion of Experts
Erosion of Experts

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Jan 8, 2021

Is the internet a friend or a foe?

You’re feeling sick, pipes in your bathroom burst, want to start a business best to speak to Google? The dependence on the internet has greatly reduced the need for experts in various fields and consequently eroded their importance as it erases the boundaries between experts and Laypeople. But in the…

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Is the internet a friend or a foe to expertise?
Is the internet a friend or a foe to expertise?

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Jan 8, 2021

Are you WOKE enough?

In an era of interconnectedness and unlimited access to information globally, there has been a rise in social awareness (Mendes,2011). This journey of eye-opening discovery of societal issues has created well-informed people but, in the process, unwrapped the narcissistic tendencies of the information age society (Vonk et al., 2013). Nichols(2017…

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Are you WOKE enough or else you can’t sit with us
Are you WOKE enough or else you can’t sit with us

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