Expert professionals can perpetuate unfounded beliefs through their actions.
Evidence
The ‘drinking urine from a cup’ story was a fantasy that existed only in the overheated imaginations of ritual abuse believers. … Yet (with the exception of Judge Anderson, who was not required to evaluate the credibility of the evidence) every professional who passed that fantasy along its five-stage journey to the Ellis trial took it seriously. — Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 1602
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 1602
- XREF: connects to: Expert witnesses can undermine their credibility through selective memory during trials. — Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 1679; Implicit bias training could achieve the goal of modifying health care workers’ thoughts and reducing negative behaviors. — Research-Suggests-Implicit-Bias-Training-Has-Positive-Impacts-on-Health-Care-Workers-Knowledge-Skills-and-Attitudes; Judicial decisions are governed by beliefs about facts and rules — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 160 (+13 more)
Broader Connections
- Lay trust in expert systems founders when experts’ own ignorance surfaces
#corroborates(0.75) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 316 - Ideology reproduces through apparent professional neutrality, not overt bias
#expands(0.72) - Expert witnesses can undermine their credibility through selective memory during trials.
#exemplifies(0.70) — Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 1679 - Judges make hidden factual assumptions that parties cannot challenge
#exemplifies(0.60) — Frederick Schauer, Thinking Like a Lawyer, 397 - Judicial decisions are governed by beliefs about facts and rules
#exemplifies(0.50) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 160 - A belief is an accepted assertion lacking absolute proof but prompting action
#exemplifies(0.45) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 239