{"id":31858,"date":"2020-05-14T00:33:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T05:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=31858"},"modified":"2020-05-14T00:33:09","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T05:33:09","slug":"the-alien-observer-can-we-trust-the-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=31858","title":{"rendered":"The Alien Observer:<br\/> Can we trust the experts?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alien-Observer-title-Episode-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31861\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alien-Observer-title-Episode-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alien-Observer-title-Episode-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alien-Observer-title-Episode-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alien-Observer-title-Episode-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alien-Observer-title-Episode-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Alien-Observer-title-Episode-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>People are angrily screaming with each other right now about what ought to be done about how much public activity to allow.<\/p>\n<p>Some people demand that everything be opened up as before. Others demand that most things remain closed \u2014 and most people remain at home \u2014 for many more months. Everybody seems convinced that he has the right answer.<\/p>\n<p>But the questions which a lot of people aren\u2019t really addressing are which experts ought to be trusted and whether anybody has the right to force everyone else to obey his particular expert.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Click or tap the \u201cplay\u201d button to listen. The Alien Observer has been submitted to podcast directories and will be available at all the major sites soon. For now, you can listen best either with this embed or at the <a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/thealienobserver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">show\u2019s home page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/thealienobserver\/embed\/episodes\/Can-we-trust-the-experts-ee1g04\" width=\"460px\" height=\"102px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People are angrily screaming with each other right now about what ought to be done about how much public activity to allow. Some people demand that everything be opened up as before. Others demand that most things remain closed \u2014 and most people remain at home \u2014 for many more months. 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