When "Trusting the Experts" Goes Wrong
Episode 100 May 2, 2023On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, Seamus explains why apocalyptic expert predictions are consistently incorrect.
CREDITS:
Written by Sean W. Malone, Seamus Coughlin, and Lou Perez
Animated by Seamus Coughlin, Emily Slatt, Adam Donk, Jaime, LT Amazil, & Caleb
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
LINKS:
https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/18-spectacularly-wrong-predictions-made-around-the-time-of-the-first-earth-day-in-1970-expect-more-this-year/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-didnt-first-earth-days-predictions-come-true-its-complicated-180958820/
https://reason.com/2023/01/03/60-minutes-promotes-paul-ehrlichs-failed-doomsaying-one-more-time/
https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-of-failed-eco-pocalyptic-predictions/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-experts-are-almost-always-wrong-9997024/
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/psychology-reveals-the-comforts-of-the-apocalypse/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/happiness-and-the-pursuit-leadership/202006/the-apocalyptic-psychology-mobs-and-media
https://fee.org/articles/5-of-the-worst-economic-predictions-in-history/
https://fee.org/articles/rule-by-experts-is-tyranny-shrouded-in-science/
https://fee.org/articles/david-mamet-explains-what-happens-when-the-experts-fail/
About the Hosts
Seamus Coughlin is a comedy writer and animator with a deep interest in politics and morality. After graduating high school, he started a small business in animation production and led small teams of animators on various projects while studying at his local community college. Today, Seamus continues producing entertaining animated content for a number of outlets, and a good deal of his work can be…
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Sean W. Malone studied music performance and composition for film and multimedia at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Bachelor of Music, 2005) and New York University (Master of Arts, 2007), before working in various creative roles in the music and film industries in New York and Los Angeles.
In 2011, he relocated to Washington, DC to develop professional media production capabilities at various…
Jen Maffessanti was a Senior Writer at FEE and is a mother of two. She is now Director of Communications of the Libertas Institute. When she's not advocating for liberty or chasing kids, she can usually be found cooking or maybe racing cars. Check out her website.
