Yesterday, I saw a TikTok video of an "expert" claiming that blending up a banana changes its glycemic index. Blending and chewing a banana are the same thing; his claim was nonsense. What bugs me is that I've seen this guy before, often on stage teaching. He is a self-proclaimed "expert." I've also recently been following a TikTok account of a woman who used to work for Ted, you know, the talks given by experts. She talks about how some of the "experts" that give Ted talks are just as messed up as the rest of us and how many of them are more focused on developing their expert persona than on really finding and sharing good information. When someone is working hard to look like an expert, it is usually to cover the fact that they are not.
Hmm, kinda like this TEDx talk?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S0FDjFBj8o
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