Letter: The challenge of finding experts we can trust

Here's a frightening scenario. Multiple "experts" in a single discipline are lauded, respected, and paid very well for their knowledge. They've studied long and hard and have reached the pinnacles of success. When asked to solve a problem (let's take the economy, poverty, injustice, legal incomprehensibility), the expectation is that the "experts" would agree, problem solved. Not so. Disagreement prevails and what persists, despite the amazing accomplishments of the human mind over the past 5,000 years are the awards and abundant wealth amassed by these academics - and, of course, the problems. Perhaps someday all the wealth can be used to actually solve problems. Perhaps the brain we are looking for is on a computer chip. There's human accomplishment.

David Hagerman

St. Charles