“How is it that, in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence, there are still some who would deny the dangers of climate change? Not surprisingly, the loudest voices are not scientific, and it is remarkable how many economists, lawyers, journalists and politicians set themselves up as experts on the science.” StillsFacesVoiceDangerPoliticianEvidenceClimateClimate ChangeDenyLawyerJournalistExpertsRemarkableOverwhelmingEconomistScientific Evidence Author:Nicholas Stern
“I think politicians know how to misrepresent data in order to support a political agenda. Politicians and the people that work for them - I should say - are expert at that.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldPoliticalOrderSupportKnow HowPoliticianDataExpertsAgendasPolitical Agendas Author:Seth Gordon
“What constitutes a good manager in this field? He must be knowledgeable in the art with which he is concerned, an impresario, labor negotiator, diplomat, educator, publicity and public relations expert, politician, skilled businessman, a social sophisticate, a servant of the community, a tireless leader - becomingly humble before authority - a teacher, a tyrant, and a continuing student of the arts.” ArtSocialCommunityLeaderTeacherFieldsStudentsPoliticianAuthorityConcernedLaborRelationManagementHumbleManagersServantExpertsGood ManTyrantsContinuingBusinessmanPublicityEducatorPublic RelationsKnowledgeableDiplomatsGood Manager Author:John D. Rockefeller
“The duty of a politician for me is to be a representative: a politician is not an expert, experts are experts, hired for their expertise and so on.” DutyPoliticianExpertsRepresentativesExpertise Author:Slavoj Žižek
“The skill of the politician consists in guessing what people can be brought to think advantageous to themselves; the skill of the expert consists in calculating what really is advantageous, provided people can be brought to think so.” PeopleThinkingPoliticianSkillsExpertsGuessingCalculating Book:Sceptical Essays Source: Sceptical Essays
“Too often, the perspectives on housing come from journalists, politicians and property experts, with a focus on the extreme ends of the market. Through the FOURWALLS Film Project, we want to get an accurate picture of the London housing situation through the eyes of the people that live there, and promote discussion around it.” PeopleWantEndsEyeFilmSituationFocusPerspectivePoliticianProjectsPropertyExtremesLondonJournalistDiscussionExpertsAccurateHousingThrough The Eyes Author:David Lammy
“I guess I am nostalgic for a time - the nineteenth century and early twentieth - when writers were, to use Stefan Collini's phrase, "public moralists" and politicians, plutocrats, bankers, arms dealers, and experts and technocrats were not solely defining the moral norms as well as the political lives of our societies. We do have some writers claiming to be public moralists, but, as I said, they have actually been more jingoistic than even the henchmen of Bush and Blair.” WellsSaidUsePoliticalMoralCenturyArmsPoliticianPhrasesExpertsOur SocietyNormDefiningBankersNineteenth CenturyNostalgicDealerBlairPolitical LifeMoralistHenchmen Author:Pankaj Mishra