" If I were seeking experts, I should not choose the most eminent men in their field. This is for two reasons. The first is that, being so eminent, that have often grown unused to having their opinion challenged. Not all are like this, naturally, but many are. They suffer from what a student friend of mine, now an eminent professor himself, called a hardening of the concepts." (T. Dalrymple)
"Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.” C. S. Lewis
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
CONCEPTUAL ECHO CHAMBER
An interesting perspective by Theodore on the use of 'experts' in court cases...it also provides an insight into how being surrounded by like minded people can lead to an 'echo chamber' thus exposing the vaunted (and over-utilised in certain circles) phrase: "93% of experts agree" to being just what it really is...pompous balderdash:
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