For me, this section raises the question of what it means for a "non-expert" to dissent: can you know enough to be sure your voice is on point? If you knew enough, you too would be a scientist. Can only scientists legitimately dissent? How does this make sense given the sea of non-experts speaking about everything (including science) on the Internet. Also, AIDS activists DID make the choice to become experts. This is what the movie "How to Survive a Plague" documents. Many inside the movement did not think this tactic (learning science and fighting inside of governmental programs, big pharma, etc) was the ONLY place for activism, as opposed, to say: on the street.

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