We Ignore Expertise at Our Own Peril

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By Erik Klemetti
Sep 12, 2019 12:00 AMNov 19, 2019 12:32 AM
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Hurricane Dorian seen from the MODIS imager on Terra, August 31, 2019. NASA.

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We seem to now live in an age where people are comfortable ignoring experts, especially those in the sciences.

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