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Comment by wil421 | Hacker News Reader

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."

-George Carlin

Really makes you wonder if the populous can be trusted to make big decisions. I'd like to think I'm a smart person but I'm not sure if I'm smart enough (or dumb enough) for politics.

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>> Really makes you wonder if the populous can be trusted to make big decisions

They can't. That's why we elect representatives who should be talking to experts and figuring out the impact of decisions. And then for some reason they take the biggest decision of our generation, give it to us, lie to us about the impact, and tell us to ignore the experts.

> representatives who should be talking to experts

"I think the people in this country have had enough of experts" - Michael Gove

Experts are easily corrupted, and so there's an expert to argue every position.

They still know a hell of a lot more than the average joe. Listen to both sides and make an informed decision. Don't dismiss them and expect to know more.

I have a much more usual one for you: don't listen to anyone and pick whatever the guy that gives half of the money into your pocket says.

If someone is willing to pay me £100k to vote for a bill and someone else is willing to pay me £200k to against it then, by the Law of Free Markets, voting against is the best option.

yes Nasim Taleeb has been arguing modern experts are wrong about alot and have no skin in the game.

This article blew my mind. https://medium.com/incerto/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-13211e...

It's not unusual that important topics require more than a simple majority.

There are people who say we need to vote on everything and the US is not a democracy because of it.

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