“Judgment” and “tacit knowledge” belong in the same epistemic category as “magic!”, or god-of-the-gaps, or “complexity”. They have no explanatory power, they o

“Judgment” and “tacit knowledge” belong in the same epistemic category as “magic!”, or god-of-the-gaps, or “complexity”. They have no explanatory power, they only flag the absence of a complete explanation: specially, the inability at present to break down and reproduce the process that generated the correct behavior. They should not be revered for their superiority, but scrutinized for the true source of power they draw from.