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I fear we are witnessing the \u201cdeath of expertise\u201d: a Google-fueled, Wikipedia-based, blog-sodden collapse of any division between professionals and laymen, students and teachers, knowers and wonderers \u2013 in other words, between those of any achievement in an area and those with none at all.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tom Nichols<\/a>, \u201cThe Death of Expertise,\u201d The Federalist<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I fear we are witnessing the \u201cdeath of expertise\u201d: a Google-fueled, Wikipedia-based, blog-sodden collapse of any division between professionals and laymen, students and teachers, knowers and wonderers \u2013 in other words, between those of any achievement in an area and those with none at all. 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