@lain @ep1 usually i know philosophically which experts i align with, but not always, like if theres an argument about mathematics, i'm fucked and i just ask shmibs. there are entire fields of expertise that are full of shit though because you look at their standards of rigor and just gotta walk away. as an example critical race theory is kind of multidisciplinary because it pulls from many fields but heavily from history, things you gotta be a specialist to actually know. but over time i found that when i checked a source it was a misinterpretation of the source. it happened so often that i ignore the entire discipline now.