Here are two quotes that bear repeating:
“A few years ago, I stumbled upon some philosophical papers on a concept called ‘vaccine denialism’ and for those same years, I have tried and failed to write a cogent and detailed response. Each and every time I re-read those papers, I become angered, incensed really, at both the obvious venality of these arguments, but also, the conspicuous hubris promulgated throughout. These articles possess a holier-than-thou approach to philosophical reasoning that I find contemptible, particularly when the arguments themselves, though tightly constructed, have no bearing on the reality they pretend to interpret. The authors presume that their intellectual eminence as philosophers and their ability to construct snazzy philosophical arguments grants them sufficient expertise to trust uncritically the affirmations and eminence of others in fields disparate from their own. It is as if once one reaches a level of expertise in one’s own field, he/she is somehow magically, and without so much as a modicum of effort, granted expertise in all other fields; a sort of universally transferable expertise.” – Chandler Marrs
“A few years ago, I stumbled upon some philosophical papers on a concept called ‘vaccine denialism’ and for those same years, I have tried and failed to write a cogent and detailed response. Each and every time I re-read those papers, I become angered, incensed really, at both the obvious venality of these arguments, but also, the conspicuous hubris promulgated throughout. These articles possess a holier-than-thou approach to philosophical reasoning that I find contemptible, particularly when the arguments themselves, though tightly constructed, have no bearing on the reality they pretend to interpret. The authors presume that their intellectual eminence as philosophers and their ability to construct snazzy philosophical arguments grants them sufficient expertise to trust uncritically the affirmations and eminence of others in fields disparate from their own. It is as if once one reaches a level of expertise in one’s own field, he/she is somehow magically, and without so much as a modicum of effort, granted expertise in all other fields; a sort of universally transferable expertise.” – Chandler Marrs
