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Experts are usually mired in procedure and politics (sometimes for good reason, sometimes not). A smart outsider who isn't constrained in the same way often has
by centimeter 6y ago
Experts are usually mired in procedure and politics (sometimes for good reason, sometimes not). A smart outsider who isn't constrained in the same way often has a pretty good shot at beating out the established experts. That's not hubris; it's just a viable strategy.
- austinjp 6y agoI don't disagree with the premise that outsiders are unconstrained. There is a notion that modern science lacks the frequent paradigm shifting leaps in progress due to bureaucracy and safety. But... obvious issue: without the bureaucracy, how do we ensure safety? Vaccine trials do go wrong, people do die when that happens. I hope we're living through the final years of the tension between population based evidence and processes, vs ultra-individualised medicine. Humanity just needs to keep its shit together for long enough, and learn to operate as a planet rather than as disparate factions.