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'''''Just because a large number of well credentialed experts believe something in common doesn't mean that it's necessarily wrong, but if they've reached consensus that's the way to bet.''' Somehow, people have to learn that "consensus" is a huge problem.''
''Thereā€™s no arithmetic consensus, because it doesnā€™t require a consensus. But there '''is''' a Washington consensus. There '''is''' a climate consensus. ā€œConsensusā€ is how we bully people into pretending that thereā€™s nothing to see, move along, everyone. And so I think that, in part, you should start to learn that people donā€™t naturally come to high levels of agreement unless something is either absolutely clear, in which case consensus isnā€™t present, or thereā€™s an implied threat of violence to livelihood or self.''
-'''Eric Weinstein''' on [https://youtu.be/8LPwyy4scAc?t=5137 The Tim Ferriss Show]
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Thereā€™s no arithmetic consensus because it doesnā€™t require a consensus. But there is a Washington consensus. There is a climate consensus. ā€œConsensusā€ is how we bully people into pretending that thereā€™s nothing to see, move along, everyone. And so I think that in part, you should start to learn that people donā€™t naturally come to high levels of agreement unless something is either absolutely clear, in which case consensus isnā€™t present, or thereā€™s an implied threat of violence to livelihood or self. ~[https://tim.blog/2016/01/13/eric-weinstein/ Eric on Tim Ferriss]


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Latest revision as of 22:07, 14 May 2023

Just because a large number of well credentialed experts believe something in common doesn't mean that it's necessarily wrong, but if they've reached consensus that's the way to bet. Somehow, people have to learn that "consensus" is a huge problem.

Thereā€™s no arithmetic consensus, because it doesnā€™t require a consensus. But there is a Washington consensus. There is a climate consensus. ā€œConsensusā€ is how we bully people into pretending that thereā€™s nothing to see, move along, everyone. And so I think that, in part, you should start to learn that people donā€™t naturally come to high levels of agreement unless something is either absolutely clear, in which case consensus isnā€™t present, or thereā€™s an implied threat of violence to livelihood or self.

-Eric Weinstein on The Tim Ferriss Show

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