Dr. Steven Novella

Absolutely.

The poster child for this phenomenon right now within medical circles is RFK Jr.

Talk about a lack of humility.

That explains so much.

And I do think he probably is a narcissist.

I hate to diagnose people remotely, but just casually speaking.

You see tendencies.

I see tendencies of narcissism.

And I've been following this guy for 30 years, not just the last year when he aged as just secretary, because this guy's been a menace for a long time.

He is constantly substituting his own opinion for the opinion of the expert community, right?

We know what's rule number one of science communication.

Expert opinion is the lowest form of evidence.

Yeah, well, or you don't substitute your own opinion for true experts.

It's sub-expert opinion.

Right, right.

So and you have to understand what where the expert opinion is coming from.

If if this is a transparent process of reviewing evidence, et cetera, and saying this is what the evidence shows, you know, and we all agree that this is what the evidence shows.

That's actually pretty solid.

Right.

If there's a good consensus like that.