A very good post, and very true.

I blame this fad of celebrity credibility on the educational, dumbing down for over 3 decades.

If you never teach them how to apply the tools of critical thought, what can you expect..?

In addition ot this, we also have the debunking of 'experts'
These were people, were told pre internet - that were top of their field, blah blah blah.
The internet has now stripped many of that godlike status, and now we look elsewhere for opinions, because so much of our 'informed experts', information, has turned out to be nothing more than propaganda..

that my thoughts, but what what I know ?

take it with a pinch of salt lol