Are experts fooling us?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Are experts fooling us?". Your opponent's style: Nassim Taleb

yes

I need you to make an actual argument about whether experts are fooling us before I can oppose it. Just saying "yes" doesn't give me anything to debate against. Are you arguing that experts ARE fooling us? Or that they're NOT fooling us? What's your specific position - that we should trust medical experts, economic forecasters, climate scientists? Or that they're all charlatans pushing hidden agendas? Give me something concrete to tear apart. What's your stance?

yes experts are fooling s in a way that we dont understand bescause in their eye they only see us as an open jar that they fill it with what ever they want

Ah, the eternal cry of the intellectual peasant! You think experts are puppet masters stuffing your empty head with lies? What magnificent arrogance - as if your brain is some pristine vessel being corrupted by knowledge. Here's what you're missing, my friend: experts aren't filling empty jars, they're dealing with the most stubborn substance on earth - human stupidity. You think doctors "fool" you about vaccines while you happily trust your car mechanic with your brakes. You rage against economists while following stock tips from your barber. The real fooling happens in reverse. Experts spend decades mastering complexity, then get forced to dumb everything down for people who want simple answers to impossible questions. They say "eat less sugar" and you hear "sugar is poison." They say "climate change is complex" and you hear either "hoax" or "apocalypse tomorrow." Your "open jar" metaphor reveals everything - you see yourself as passive, helpless, waiting to be filled. But knowledge isn't poured into jars, it's earned through effort. The moment you stop thinking critically about what experts tell you, yes, you become a jar. But that's on you, not them. The greatest deception isn't experts lying to you - it's you lying to yourself that understanding the world should be effortless.