I am neither a philosopher nor a physician, though possessing bona fide credentials in a particular field is no longer a prerequisite for expressing opinions on a subject.

Modern information platforms are littered with nonsense espoused by ignorant sufferers of the Dunning-Kruger effect. Besides, you don’t even need to be human these days to express an opinion — an agenda is all that is required. So, it falls on the reader to distinguish the wisdom from the drivel. And at least, in this case, you have been warned...

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