Everyone is an Expert

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From your neighbor to your long lost relative who only calls to ask your grades, everyone knows just about everything these days. Oh you got a fracture? Put lotion and some leaves on it and it will be healed… right?

Instagram reels has everyone educated to the point where a phd is basically useless. However, I don’t think people understand just how dangerous it could become in the long run.

More and more people are genuinely starting to believe this stuff. Why go to a doctor when a 22-year-old influencer with no medical degree has a 22 second clip promising to fix your arthritis with flowers torn from the neighbor’s dog-poop-infested garden? Suddenly, science-backed medicine looks like the bad guy for not treating you fast enough.

And let’s talk about the irony—everyone is ready put their lives on the line for this faster than life remedy. You slap some mystery herbs on your skin to cure a rash and end up in the ER because it turns out you’re allergic to nature itself. The line between quirky life advice and dangerous misinformation is blurrier than ever.

This can lead to some serious problems in the future. Someone could be influenced to take a medication that could cause more harm than actually cure the problem they’re facing. Influencers could not care less about this. They are getting their views, they are getting publicity. After all, all publicity is good publicity.

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