It’s a remarkable pass we’ve reached when science is defined as non-falsifiable and expertise is defined as an aspect of identity not a demonstration of mastery; and the end of that journey is a world in which the failure of the subject to be manipulated is their moral fault.

— The End Times (@TheAgeofShoddy) April 9, 2021

That tweet says a lot, and alas all of it is accurate. Expertise as identity is one of the worst events to happen culturally, and that my side, the liberal side, bought into this so heavily is really disappointing. It literally does not matter how wrong an expert is anymore — as long as they possess the right credentials it’s all, “Believe science!” And if you say that these experts are obviously wrong and everything they say completely disaffirmed by real-world evidence, then it’s citing of credentials left and right until the PMC wins again.