Once again, we turned to pop culture to form a Who's Who list.

This time, seeking anti-experts in 10 popular subjects.

You know what an expert is?

An anti-expert is the same thing, except they're wrong on everything about their subject.

Unfortunately, being an anti-expert as just as much appeal and influence as being a real

expert.

And that's coming up right now on Skeptoid.

You're listening to Skeptoid.

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

Top 10 Most Harmful Anti-Experts, 2023 Edition.

It's no great secret that we're surrounded by misinformation and by the people who peddle

it.

An important part of learning to recognize it is calling it out.

Today we're going to do just that.

But instead of focusing on the misinformation itself, we're going to identify the leading

anti-expert in each of 10 scientific fields.

An anti-expert is someone best known as a leading expert in some field.

However, their particular perspective in that field is a false one.

For example, if we asked a group of geophysicists who were the top experts in their field, we'd

get a certain list of names.

And if we asked a group of flat-earthers the same question, we'd get a very different

list.

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