| | The '''"best of the public"''' is a successful approach to education, scholarship, art, sports, science, and biblical translation that was the topic of discussion when [[Andy Schlafly]] appeared on the [[Stephen Colbert|''Colbert Report'']] on December 8, 2009.<ref>[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/258144/december-08-2009/andy-schlafly The Colbert Report Videos: Andy Schlafly], ColbertNation.com, December 08, 2009.</ref> Mr. Schlafly, the founder of ''Conservapedia'', originally coined the expression during an interview published a week earlier, on December 3, 2009:<ref>Tom Breen. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34270487/ns/us_news-faith/ Blessed are the conservative in Bible translation], ''Yahoo! News'', December 03, 2009.</ref> | | The '''"best of the public"''' is a successful approach to education, scholarship, art, sports, science, and biblical translation that was the topic of discussion when [[Andy Schlafly]] appeared on the [[Stephen Colbert|''Colbert Report'']] on December 8, 2009.<ref>[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/258144/december-08-2009/andy-schlafly The Colbert Report Videos: Andy Schlafly], ColbertNation.com, December 08, 2009.</ref> Mr. Schlafly, the founder of ''Conservapedia'', originally coined the expression during an interview published a week earlier, on December 3, 2009:<ref>Tom Breen. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34270487/ns/us_news-faith/ Blessed are the conservative in Bible translation], ''Yahoo! News'', December 03, 2009.</ref> |
| − | Another way of expressing this concept is that "extraordinary achievements are attained by ordinary people." [[Jesus]]'s enigmatic, repeated reference to himself as the "[[Son of Man]]" illustrates how great achievement comes from the ostensibly ordinary rather than esteemed experts. Most [[prophet]]s were also ordinary men.<ref>In early February 2010, [[Supreme Court]] Justice [[Clarence Thomas]] implicitly endorsed the concept of the "best of the public" with this response to a question by a state college student: | + | Another way of expressing this concept is that "extraordinary achievements are attained by ordinary people." [[Jesus]]'s enigmatic reference to himself as the "[[Son of Man]]" illustrates how greatness comes from the ostensibly ordinary rather than esteemed experts. Most [[prophet]]s were ordinary men.<ref>In early February 2010, [[Supreme Court]] Justice [[Clarence Thomas]] implicitly endorsed the concept of the "best of the public" with this response to a question by a state college student: |
| | {{cquote|I think there are smart kids a lot of places. ... [T]here is a bias. If you look at smart bloggers — or self-proclaimed smart bloggers — they referred to my clerks last year as TTT — 'third tier trash.' That's the attitude that you're up against.}} [http://abovethelaw.com/2010/02/clarence_thomas_rejects_ttt_label_for_his_law_clerks.php]</ref> "Experts," on the other hand, frequently mislead the public and promote faulty ideas,<ref>Duke, Selwyn (April 21, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/32071-tucker-on-the-smartest-people-in-the-world-why-are-they-wrong-on-everything Tucker on “The Smartest People in the World”: Why Are They Wrong on Everything?!] ''The New American''. Retrieved April 22, 2019.</ref><ref>Cohen, Adriana (December 27, 2019). [https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/12/27/ignore_the_so-called_experts_they_keep_getting_it_wrong_142037.html Ignore the So-Called Experts; They Keep Getting It Wrong]. ''RealClearPolitics''. Retrieved December 29, 2019.</ref> as "expert" [[Anthony Fauci]] with his [[liberal denial]] that [[Covid-19]] was man-made. On March 6, 2023, ''[[Forbes Magazine]]'' listed [[Silicon Valley Bank]] as “one of [[America]]’s Best Banks for the 5th straight year,”<ref>https://twitter.com/SVB_Financial/status/1632818336391213059</ref> | | {{cquote|I think there are smart kids a lot of places. ... [T]here is a bias. If you look at smart bloggers — or self-proclaimed smart bloggers — they referred to my clerks last year as TTT — 'third tier trash.' That's the attitude that you're up against.}} [http://abovethelaw.com/2010/02/clarence_thomas_rejects_ttt_label_for_his_law_clerks.php]</ref> "Experts," on the other hand, frequently mislead the public and promote faulty ideas,<ref>Duke, Selwyn (April 21, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/32071-tucker-on-the-smartest-people-in-the-world-why-are-they-wrong-on-everything Tucker on “The Smartest People in the World”: Why Are They Wrong on Everything?!] ''The New American''. Retrieved April 22, 2019.</ref><ref>Cohen, Adriana (December 27, 2019). [https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/12/27/ignore_the_so-called_experts_they_keep_getting_it_wrong_142037.html Ignore the So-Called Experts; They Keep Getting It Wrong]. ''RealClearPolitics''. Retrieved December 29, 2019.</ref> as "expert" [[Anthony Fauci]] with his [[liberal denial]] that [[Covid-19]] was man-made. On March 6, 2023, ''[[Forbes Magazine]]'' listed [[Silicon Valley Bank]] as “one of [[America]]’s Best Banks for the 5th straight year,”<ref>https://twitter.com/SVB_Financial/status/1632818336391213059</ref> |
| − | '''''The best of the public tend to be more [[charitable]] and less arrogant. In sports, they tend to cheat less'''''. | + | '''''The best of the public tend to be more [[charitable]] and less arrogant. In sports, they tend to cheat less'''''.<ref>''See, e.g.'', [[Overrated Sports Stars]].</ref> |