THE EXPERTS: An Examination of Rhetorical Power and Social Position Our committee of Ph.Ds represent the talents of many universities & we have written extensively producing documents on the fly algorithmically combined to maximize ratings so our viewership stays high. As contemporary reincarnations of Aristophanes with computer-predictive NLP for the right amount of money & a sufficient amount of time we can twist public discourse in ways the hegemons of this age consider optimal at any stage. Cambridge Analytica, Civis Analytics, Optimus, & Clarity Campaigns, reinvent themselves yet again & as chameleons of public opinion blow their magic flutes producing info-entertainment for the docile who view without knowing how they're manipulated to consume. Endogenous opioid peptide levels within acceptable parameters: ocytocine levels at 2.55(±0.04), while serotonin currently flat. Reduce enkephalinase inhibitors by -0.12 please, then slice some factoids that will leave just enough neurons intact. Liao: The whole notion of "expert" merits deconstruction. Satoru: Experts are simply those who take the time to ask insightful questions and sift through information critically. Melissa: Hmm. There's something political about the whole process: perhaps experts are whoever those in power appoint to ritually reach specific foregone conclusions? Tim: Experts are like priests – they add a level of ritual credence to things. ===================================================================================== from _Crassroom Voices - Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Education_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: Some arcane thoughts about data manipulation, experts, and opinion shaping. KEYWORDS: SNS bots, manufactured information, big data analytics, discourse channeling Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 2001 in Nagoya, Japan / Finished: 2020 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST http://www.tnewfields.info/CrassroomVoices/fail.htm TOC http://www.tnewfields.info/CrassroomVoices/index.html NEXT > http://www.tnewfields.info/CrassroomVoices/zombie.htm Japanese http://www.tnewfields.info/jp/senmon.htm