Good post. I like the comments on the hubris of educated people, very fitting. But I am curious, what's the horizontal axis of your graphs? You mentioned science in your text, I'm sure you understand that a graph without some definition is at most a 'doodle'.
I left the x-axis out intentionally, as I can only relate the two points on the two graphs against each other. The y-axis is and can't be defined in this case.
And yes, it is some kind of doodle, the y-axis would be the amount of "knowledge" (hard/or believed) on the one, and the other should probably have two y-axes ...
In the end, a doodle can still help to visualize a point you want to make ;-)
So I can take from your second graph that less knowledgeable people feel more entitled? And I am curious, what was going to be on the horizontal axis that you intentionally left out? Forgive me if this feels like an attack, it's really not, I'm just curious. I found this post going through my feed tonight, at some point you must have made a comment I found interesting enough to follow you.
Well, I have no evidence for the second graph, but it certainly feels like it. Especially when looking at certain people that make policies ... although, after sleeping, it is a gross oversimplification.
And the horizontal axis ... I still can't put one there. It is not time (although it could be, in certain cases). Still, I made the graph initially leaving that axis out, because I never intended to put one there.
Good answer. For me, I would put age on that horizontal axis for the first graph. When I was young I thought I knew a lot more than I did and got wiser with age. Not in all cases, but in some cases it would work for the second graph as well.