Originally Posted by
abgd
Will power grids be able to cope with intermittent renewable supplies? Are most refugees genuine, and do they pose any risk to us? Is the NHS collapsing because of underfunding, lazy doctors, the ageing population or deliberate mismanagement with a view to privatisation? How bad are diesel fumes for our health? Will Brexit be good or bad for the economy? Should we all be taking statins?
None of us are likely to be experts on more than one of these issues, if any. And yet if we wish to be citizens partaking in public discourse we need to hold opinions about the issues that seem important to us, and what to do about them. So how do we decide whom to trust as advisers?
You would need to find those without a vested interest, nor funded by any private company or government department with an agenda.
Problem is I suspect those kind of scientists no longer exist.