Dr. Steven Novella

If you're just an interested person, there are so many sources out there.

That's a positive aspect of social media and the internet, right?

There's lots of people who are experts who are giving the world the benefit of their expertise.

So that's where the real skill of being a critical thinker or being a scientific skeptic or practicing science-based medicine comes from.

You have to realize...

One of the things you realize is that there's an expert who can say anything, right?

And that authority does not rest on any individual because any individual, no matter what their resume, can be wrong.

And then people say, well, why should we listen to you?

And I say, don't.

You shouldn't listen to me.

You shouldn't believe anything I'm saying.

I'm just giving you stuff to think about.

Find out for yourself.

Verify it for yourself.

Find out what other people are saying.

And if I'm wrong, tell me and I'll correct it.

I'm not telling you anything out of authority.

I'm just trying to help you think about things a little bit more deeply.

So it's very easy to – and RFK does this as well.

He'll pick his – cherry pick his expert, right?