Comment by Johanx64

Instead of going "hmmm, they oppose green policies, which means pollution IS in their self-interests - ie. they are probably from a coal mining town, working in a fossil fuel petro chemical related industry or an area with industrial outputs wherein their livelihood solely depends on pollution to a large extent".

Or maybe they can't afford an expensive electric vehicle and an old dirty gas guzzling clunker is the only means of transportation they have.

Or that they move from a pollution free country-side to a polluted dirty city, not because they seek the pollution, but because the opportunities and jobs are more in their self-interests than... ODing on fenta in pristine clean air.

Naah, midwits don't do this. They presume they are smart and everyone else is stupid and need guidance from the expert (that would be me, the midwit of course), and everything else is derived from it.

When the "expert" gets rejected on basis of incompetence or not acting in their self-interests, that always upsets the midwit, because the midwit always self-identifies as an expert. And rejection of the "experts" equals rejection of the midwit.

Of course, the midwit never has demonstrated competence (nobody doubts demonstrated competence!), all they have is credentials and university degrees and papers. This frustrates the midwit to no end.

Demonstrated expertise and competence is always outside their abilities and reach - they are far from somebody like John Carmack, Michael Abrash, etc who has many shipped products, you can see his code. Nobody doubts their competency, etc. All they have instead is some sort of paper that says "believe me I'm an expert".

No matter what training, education or experience midwit has... he still is just a midwit at the end of the day.