Comment by samplatt

Despite your closing sentences, I fear you might not be being remotely cynical enough here.

>Only in art are experts thrown on the garbage heap while moneyed interests court the brains of those more easily duped simply due to less experience.

The entire multidisciplinary world of Academia in general, would like a word. In particular the sciences. Try telling a PhD candidate fishing for research funding for a potentially climate-saving data/technology that experts are respected :-)