The New Enlightenment

"Rejecting authority in regard to knowledge was not just a matter of abstract analysis. It was a necessary condition of progress, because, before the Enlightenment, it was generally believed that everything important that was knowable had already been discovered, and was enshrined in authoritative sources such as ancient writings and traditional assumptions... This is why the Royal Society (one of the earliest scientific academies, founded in London in 1660) took as its motto 'Nullius in verba', which means something like 'Take no one's word for it." David Deutsch The Beginning of Infinity

I have to feel that because these days the number of things you are not allowed to question or challenge keeps growing. And since open discussion of certain topics are becoming more and more "curated" by Big Tech and others - that a new age of "Take no one's word for it" will be coming soon. Especially with the realization that most news is "Fake News" and that no science is "settled."

At least I hope a new age of "Take no one's word for it" is coming soon. The "elites" and "experts" have certainly proven unworthy of us taking their words for anything.