During this period, some experts have made young netizens unhappy again. They put forward suggestions such as "reducing the age of marriage to 18", "young people who don't have a job can get married and have children first", "use one-third of their savings to buy a house", etc. , accused of being divorced from reality, talking nonsense, and lacking sincere concern for the interests of the people.
In recent years, "expert advice" has become more and more embarrassing, and "recommend experts not to advise" expresses some kind of resentment and ridicule.
In fact, it is not only today that expert suggestions are ridiculed. Just think about the origin of the term "brick house".
But some experts didn't seem to care, instead they continued to "go astray" when expressing their temper.
Good expert advice does not exist. It is worth asking why some expert advice is out of touch with the public?
Let's take the "marriage age 18" dispute as an example.
Some experts have come up with some "golden ideas" for promoting fertility, which seem to be right, but they cannot stand scrutiny.
The key factor that determines an individual's willingness to have children is still the word "cost".
When a person's income status, living conditions, and support are not enough to welcome the arrival of a child, the willingness to bear children may be tolerated. Even if the age is lowered, what is the use?
You can't help people increase their income and improve their conditions.
Of course, the lowering of the age threshold does respond to the needs of some people, but it has a very limited effect on stimulating the enthusiasm of people in the "birth dilemma". It may also have negative effects such as some high school students dropping out of school and getting married.
Relevant experts digress and talk to themselves, which is the root cause of conflicts with public ideas or subconsciousness.
The starting point of some suggestions is good, but they just did not settle the accounts for the masses, nor did they stand on the standpoint of the masses to feel the warmth, happiness and sorrow of the people.
This also creates an emotional separation between the speaker of the speech and the audience of the speech.
The extended question is, must the opinions of experts be consistent with the feelings of the majority?
Of course not.
Experts' speeches are not black and white, but must reflect the courage and pattern of intellectuals and thinkers.
Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that there are differences and dislocations in cognition and feelings between expert advice and folk ideas.
This not only reflects the diversity of values, but also reflects the cognitive differences caused by the gap in knowledge level and different positions.
At this point, there is no need for experts to feel uneasy about such differences and disagreements, and they can completely stick to their "intentions".
Otherwise, to compromise when encountering different voices is a self-injury and belittlement of true knowledge and the spirit of exploration.
"A hundred schools of thought contend" is originally a part of human civilized life and a way to promote social progress.
Throughout the ages, what wise men have said is often not understood and supported at first, but as time goes by, the cognitive gap is gradually filled, and expert opinions will be transformed into common sense.
At first, the saying "the earth is round" did not meet the feelings of many people, but it is ridiculous and sad to change the saying "the earth is square", or to vacillate between the two positions, and to be ambiguous?
In other words, what experts say sometimes has a certain degree of advanceness and predictability, so it is quite shocking. new knowledge scroll.
In this regard, we might as well treat it rationally and tolerantly.
However, there is no need to cover up the self-righteous, pretentious, and error-ridden suggestions of experts.
So, what kind of professional advice is needed in this era?
How should expert suggestions be presented in order to stand firm and become the accent of a society?
I have interviewed hundreds of experts and scholars, so I know that many experts are not "talking nonsense" all day long for exposure and vanity, as some netizens say.
Our age still demands professional advice.
We need more and better professional opinions to become guidelines for handling affairs and good policies for governing the country.
Today, people criticize expert advice not because society does not need professional advice, on the contrary, because there are not enough professional opinions with quality and conscience, and people are generally worried about being crowded out by "bad" expressions.
This kind of professional opinion should be like this-caring about the suffering of people's livelihood, responding to pain points and difficulties, and speaking out good ideas that are deafening; standing on a professional platform, cherishing feathers, and sending out heartfelt words that can stand the test of time and science, rather than not worth refuting The trendy weird theory; adhere to the truth, stick to conscience, do not stand for a certain interest party, and truly speak freely and rigorously.
In short, our experts must not understand the conditions and opinions of the people, and our professional speeches must not be as stupid and depraved as "why not eat minced meat".
Wu Lichuan Source: China Youth Daily