I replied once, but I'll share another example that's happening right now. Climate change models are being deferred to as some kind of reliable expert about the future, and all kinds of tyrannical laws and controls are being put in place because "the experts" and "the advanced supercomputer models" say Bad Things are going to happen.
But I'm sure that now I've triggered your cognitive dissonance and you will see me as an insane person.
> Climate change models are being deferred to as some kind of reliable expert about the future
No, the Experts who wrote the model are being deferred to as some kind of reliable expert. Because... they are exactly that.
You can make the argument that the models or the experts are wrong, but you're not providing any sort of argument for that.
I've spent most of my life deferring to the calendar to know when it will get cold for winter. It's obviously reasonable to defer to some systems. We are in fact quite capable of predicting all sorts of future events!
Your first sentence will be the same sentence used to justify the AI models that will be used by the government to impose other tyrannical laws in other areas of your life besides climate change. And they will wash their hands of responsibility by saying "we trusted the best models at the time made by the best experts!"
But the whole thing is just misdirection for their tyrannical desires. It's already working on you and you are wondering how it will ever work. Which is why I mentioned cognitive dissonance.
But I'm sure that now I've triggered your cognitive dissonance and you will see me as an insane person.