In our ongoing struggle against the rising tide of anti-science rhetoric, few arguments are as insidious as the populist mantra to "trust no one." It's a cry that weaponizes legitimate institutional distrust to flatten the entire hierarchy of evidence, placing a lone dissenting voice on the same plane as a mountain of data. Dr. Jessica Knurick has written a sharp and essential piece that masterfully dismantles this tactic. She argues that the entire premise is a fraudulent conflation, deliberately blurring the line between the fallibility of any single expert and the robust, self-correcting power of the scientific consensus itself. Her article is a crucial read for anyone who wants to understand not just why this argument is wrong, but how it works and how we can better defend the process that remains our best tool for understanding reality.
