Experts as Propagandists
It appears that the lesson in humility visited upon the "experts" of political observation back in 2016 has failed to resonate with that class of pundits let alone serve as teaching moment to "experts" in other fields. Considering things rationally, it should not surprise anyone that the members of these cadres of skilled elites are increasingly falling short of their prognostications. No one should be scratching their heads as to why "experts" filled with self-inflated superiority have been deflating in spectacular fashion, for their collective failures result from the misperception that the products of scientific efforts are the tabulated and summarized results of consensual group think. Operating under the aegis of such misguidance might be excusable if it only results in the failure to predict election outcomes, public interest in an IPO, or the small spread in predicted temperatures at a certain locality. However, such short-comings become not onl