Experts
Challenging the received wisdom
We rely on experts more and more. But we trust them less and less.
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- The Received Wisdom The modern world needs experts. They are everywhere. In government, we are told that they are a resource – ‘on tap, not on top.’ But experience over the last 20 years, from BSE to MMR and beyond, has punctured the old, ‘speaking truth to power,’ model of expertise. The policy response to BSE has been to open up. But are we making the most of openness? from : markfuller 8th December 2006