What's a good name for the phenomenon where a talented researcher in one field calls people ignorant about a field the researcher doesn't actually know anything about and is actively misrepresenting?
- cremieuxrecueil, 1:04 AM · Aug 31, 2025
- cremieuxrecueil, 1:04 AM · Aug 31, 2025
-What's a good name for the phenomenon where a talented researcher in one field calls people ignorant about a field the researcher doesn't actually know anything about and is actively misrepresenting?
-I think that's called Ultracrepidarianism.
-I think that's called Ultracrepidarianism.
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The Senator was desperate to retain his seat, so his campaign was designed to appeal to the ultracrapidarians in his party’s base who trafficked in lazy conspiracy theories who he knew would outshout the actual experts in the media.
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