It is a tough one for me. The “Trust the experts” talk is ringing almost as cognitively dissonantly as “The FBI is a critical force for positive change” I grew up in the eighties with a new age mom obsessed with personal truth and self-exploration. Talk therapy hit its stride, riding a longitudinal wave of the maturing of people who were young in the 60s. Don’t Trust Experts, They Have an Agenda was a common refrain. From Formula vs. Breastfeeding to Mental health abuse, etc…there is a legitimate distrust developed in capital “E” Experts. I think this is why we have the two sides of the coin with Goop and Infowars hawking the same supplements. I really appreciated when Cory recognized that a history of blatant institutional corruption plays as critical a role in vaccine denial as any other social factor.
Not sure how to end this comment. I thought I’d have a conclusion by now…
