Expert
A title used to avoid having to persuade you of a claim.
Those who engage in such appeals are wagering that your laziness will triumph over your capacity to reason or discover the answer yourself.
They are usually right, hence the popularity of its invocation.
Experts are invoked now more than ever, despite the fact that they are less necessary than ever before. The totality of human knowledge has become universally accessible to most of us. This is a testament to their utility not as bearers of knowledge or discernment, but rather a means to an end. The accumulation of experts to support an otherwise specious position is a common strategy employed by amoral elites to dissuade ordinary citizens from asking questions.
Experts are alleged to have implied disinterest in their respective realms, which could not be further from the truth.
Revised: 15 Feb 2023
