RE: OT: Not again... - 2

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Speaking of "experts":

Bird Flu Outbreak "100 Times Worse" Than Covid Pandemic says Experts | Vantage with Palki Sharma

https://youtu.be/r8sDC9iq0kw

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the information in the video does not match the headline but how many people watch all 4.5 minutes?

it's clickbait and an abuse of the word expert, which is why I used quotation marks above

far too many people have lost the ability to look through a skeptical lens or apply some critical thinking, they just share or retweet a headline

we live in an era of mass media that has been enshittified to use a term from Cory Doctorow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification#

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Expert is such a flexible term. Basically, it's anyone with "some" credentials that will say what I want to hear and/or willing to pay for. Seriously, it's a major reason why we have professional societies.

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some of these professional bodies aren't up to much, though. There are plenty where the only entry requirement is paying the fee. Then there are those like mine, where the job title is protected by statute. To get the relevant academic qualification one has to register with the statutory body and complete supervised time in practice. Once qualified one has a further year of formal assessment. In each subsequent year one has to renew registration and evidence continual professional development.

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Well, whatever the "true" definition of expert turns out to be, it - like many other things today - has been diluted by declining educational standards and diminished critical thinking skills. Universities, at least in some parts of the country, have lowered grading standards to attract and graduate more students. While this doesn't apply to all young people today, many have correctly observed that today's youth do not have the ability to solve intellectual problems without resorting to software. While at the moment "AI" is ostensibly the solution to "everything", and may indeed become tomorrow's definition of "expert", where does that leave flesh and blood humans?
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The opinion of what an of "expert" is, it seems, is like a**holes...everybody has one. Maybe it's as simple as saying an expert is someone who knows more than you do about something about which you are curious?

Speaking of experts, have you seen the film, "Oppenheimer"? Hailed as a "great" film, I found it tedious, over-long and over-acted. I decided to call it "Floppenheimer". A book about Oppenheimer would be more exciting...my opinion, as a non-expert...lol!

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Speaking of experts, have you seen the film, "Oppenheimer"? Hailed as a "great" film, I found it tedious, over-long and over-acted. I decided to call it "Floppenheimer". A book about Oppenheimer would be more exciting...my opinion, as a non-expert...lol!

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it's a film, made for entertainment, not a documentary based on peer reviewed research

I find most blockbuster movies underwhelming but I am not in the target demographic. The 1980 TV series made by the BBC was probably a better format for the stories. 8x 1 hour episodes where an aspect of the development can be drawn out. Free on the BBC iplayer if you have a VPN to access UK stuff https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0g3j9cp/oppenheimer

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Well, whatever the "true" definition of expert turns out to be, it - like many other things today - has been diluted by declining educational standards and diminished critical thinking skills. Universities, at least in some parts of the country, have lowered grading standards to attract and graduate more students. While this doesn't apply to all young people today, many have correctly observed that today's youth do not have the ability to solve intellectual problems without resorting to software. While at the moment "AI" is ostensibly the solution to "everything", and may indeed become tomorrow's definition of "expert", where does that leave flesh and blood humans?
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The opinion of what an of "expert" is, it seems, is like a**holes...everybody has one. Maybe it's as simple as saying an expert is someone who knows more than you do about something about which you are curious?

Speaking of experts, have you seen the film, "Oppenheimer"? Hailed as a "great" film, I found it tedious, over-long and over-acted. I decided to call it "Floppenheimer". A book about Oppenheimer would be more exciting...my opinion, as a non-expert...lol!

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Speaking of experts, have you seen the film, "Oppenheimer"? Hailed as a "great" film, I found it tedious, over-long and over-acted. I decided to call it "Floppenheimer". A book about Oppenheimer would be more exciting...my opinion, as a non-expert...lol!

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it's a film, made for entertainment, not a documentary based on peer reviewed research

I find most blockbuster movies underwhelming but I am not in the target demographic. The 1980 TV series made by the BBC was probably a better format for the stories. 8x 1 hour episodes where an aspect of the development can be drawn out. Free on the BBC iplayer if you have a VPN to access UK stuff https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0g3j9cp/oppenheimer

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As a film, made for entertainment, "Oppenheimer" wasn't really entertaining. If the film were a sex act, I'd say it was one minute of orgasm (the bomb!), surrounded by 3 hours of uninspired foreplay and political theater...lol! Now, if the same amount of time and money were to be employed to make a film of the life of Richard Feynman, that would be entertaining!

Agree, BBC TV series are excellent. We've watched many over the years. Somehow you Brits know how to educate and entertain at the same time. Over here, the best thing in my opinion is "Antiques Roadshow", but even our version pales next to Fiona Bruce and the "British Antiques Roadshow". "Masterpiece Theater" (produced by Boston public TV) is quite good, also, but I haven't watched it in some time. Give me the old, original, "Lone Ranger", "Superman", "The Wild, Wild West", "Bonanza"...those were the days...

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Marjorie Taylor Greene probably thinks it’s a sign from god.

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Have you watched The Vietnam War on PBS? That's what I call a series, not many programmes move me but this one did.

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Have you watched The Vietnam War on PBS? That's what I call a series, not many programmes move me but this one did.

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No, but I've thought about it. I was in the Navy during Vietnam (fortunately for me), but friends were in the Army and Marines, one of them a member of my high school rock and roll band...he didn't come back. It was a pivotal time for the country and for anyone of draft age.

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Speaking of experts, have you seen the film, "Oppenheimer"? Hailed as a "great" film, I found it tedious, over-long and over-acted. I decided to call it "Floppenheimer". A book about Oppenheimer would be more exciting...my opinion, as a non-expert...lol!

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it's a film, made for entertainment, not a documentary based on peer reviewed research

I find most blockbuster movies underwhelming but I am not in the target demographic. The 1980 TV series made by the BBC was probably a better format for the stories. 8x 1 hour episodes where an aspect of the development can be drawn out. Free on the BBC iplayer if you have a VPN to access UK stuff https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0g3j9cp/oppenheimer

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As a film, made for entertainment, "Oppenheimer" wasn't really entertaining. If the film were a sex act, I'd say it was one minute of orgasm (the bomb!), surrounded by 3 hours of uninspired foreplay and political theater...lol! Now, if the same amount of time and money were to be employed to make a film of the life of Richard Feynman, that would be entertaining!

Agree, BBC TV series are excellent. We've watched many over the years. Somehow you Brits know how to educate and entertain at the same time. Over here, the best thing in my opinion is "Antiques Roadshow", but even our version pales next to Fiona Bruce and the "British Antiques Roadshow". "Masterpiece Theater" (produced by Boston public TV) is quite good, also, but I haven't watched it in some time. Give me the old, original, "Lone Ranger", "Superman", "The Wild, Wild West", "Bonanza"...those were the days...

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Have you watched The Vietnam War on PBS? That's what I call a series, not many programmes move me but this one did.

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Speaking of experts, have you seen the film, "Oppenheimer"? Hailed as a "great" film, I found it tedious, over-long and over-acted. I decided to call it "Floppenheimer". A book about Oppenheimer would be more exciting...my opinion, as a non-expert...lol!

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it's a film, made for entertainment, not a documentary based on peer reviewed research

I find most blockbuster movies underwhelming but I am not in the target demographic. The 1980 TV series made by the BBC was probably a better format for the stories. 8x 1 hour episodes where an aspect of the development can be drawn out. Free on the BBC iplayer if you have a VPN to access UK stuff https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0g3j9cp/oppenheimer

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As a film, made for entertainment, "Oppenheimer" wasn't really entertaining. If the film were a sex act, I'd say it was one minute of orgasm (the bomb!), surrounded by 3 hours of uninspired foreplay and political theater...lol! Now, if the same amount of time and money were to be employed to make a film of the life of Richard Feynman, that would be entertaining!

Agree, BBC TV series are excellent. We've watched many over the years. Somehow you Brits know how to educate and entertain at the same time. Over here, the best thing in my opinion is "Antiques Roadshow", but even our version pales next to Fiona Bruce and the "British Antiques Roadshow". "Masterpiece Theater" (produced by Boston public TV) is quite good, also, but I haven't watched it in some time. Give me the old, original, "Lone Ranger", "Superman", "The Wild, Wild West", "Bonanza"...those were the days...

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Have you watched The Vietnam War on PBS? That's what I call a series, not many programmes move me but this one did.

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IIRC, Karl Marlantes is the Marine Corp Lieutenant that stopped his Rhodes Scholarship to go active duty in 1968. His recollections of the 19-year old corpsmen storing up pointless hills into enemy fire was the most memorable part of that series for me.

My older brother bought me a draft deferment in 1969.

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Concerned about bird flu...probably not. More concerned about what appears to be a slow-walk toward global military conflict.

Health officials stress that the risk to the public is low and that the U.S. food supply remains safe and stable.

What else are they going to say? "Don't drink milk or eat eggs...it's not safe!"? No, that would harm the "economy"...

https://apnews.com/article/bird-flu-h5n1...79b14b153174102

Of course if Israel and Iran spark a global (or at least "all out" Mideast) war, milk and eggs will be the least of our worries.

Speaking of worries...what's the best oil to use? LOL!