03148cam a2200541 i 4500 23411510 BJBSDDR 20250331170058.0 ta 231204s2024 nyu b 001 0 eng 2023049382 9780197763834 (paperback) 0197763839 (paperback) 9780197763827 (hardback) 9780197763858 (epub) DLC eng rda DLC DLC eng pcc HM 851 N622d 2024 303.48/33 Nichols, Tom (Thomas M.), 1960- author. 19028 The death of expertise : the campaign against established knowledge and why it matters / Tom Nichols. Second edition, Updated and expanded edition. New York : Oxford University Press, 2024. xxiii, 309 pages ; 21 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Previous edition published in 2017. Includes bibliographical references (page 299) and index. Preface to the Updated and Expanded Edition -- Preface -- Introduction: The death of expertise -- Experts and citizens -- How conversation became exhausting -- Higher Education: The customer is always right -- Let me Google that for you: How unlimited information is making us dumber -- The "New" new journalism, and lots of it -- When the experts are wrong -- The experts, the public, and the Pandemic -- Conclusion: Experts and democracy. "In the early 1990s, a small group of "AIDS denialists," including a University of California professor named Peter Duesberg, argued against virtually the entire medical establishment's consensus that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was the cause of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Science thrives on such counterintuitive challenges, but there was no evidence for Duesberg's beliefs, which turned out to be baseless. Once researchers found HIV, doctors and public health officials were able to save countless lives through measures aimed at preventing its transmission"-- Provided by publisher. Information society Political aspects. Sociedad de la información Aspectos políticos 1363 Knowledge, Theory of Political aspects. Teoría del conocimiento Aspectos políticos 35247 Knowledge, Sociology of. Sociología del conocimiento 1975 Expertise Political aspects. Education, Higher Political aspects. Internet Political aspects. Internet Aspectos políticos 1308 Online version: Nichols, Thomas M., 1960- Death of expertise Second edition. New York : Oxford University Press, [2024] 9780197763858 (DLC) 2023049383 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK sba 123111 123111 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2025-03-28 0 HM 851 N622d 2024 00000191503 2025-03-28 00:00:00 1 2025-03-28 BK