Given "Expert" Advice, Brains Shut Down

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http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2...ancebrain.html

A brain-scanning study of people making financial choices suggests that when given expert advice, the decision-making parts of our brains often shut down. The problem with this, of course, is that the advice may not be good.

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Re: Given "Expert" Advice, Brains Shut Down

WIlliam Greider, author of "Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country":

Most Americans are not financial experts. It's very difficult, nearly impossible, for normal mortals to sort through the dense policy talk and conflicting opinions to figure out if the rhetoric of reform is real. Confusion is widespread in the land. Most Americans want to believe this president is leading us out of the swamp, but how can they know? I say, trust your gut feelings. They are as reliable as the learned experts.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/03/29-1

We have Experts in Everything today. So if you can't Trust the Experts, who/what can you Trust?