There are innumerable indicators of epistemic superiority in addition to physical or temporal location, and some of these are arguably more reliable. I’m skeptical that the topics that your society regards as “controversial” will coincide with those that you’d be warranted in suspending judgment about in deference to your epistemic superiors.
There are innumerable indicators of epistemic superiority in addition to physical or temporal location, and some of these are arguably more reliable. I’m skeptical that the topics that your society regards as “controversial” will coincide with those that you’d be warranted in suspending judgment about in deference to your epistemic superiors.