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My strategy in all fields where I am not an expert is to go talk to some experts and ask them to synthesize the expert consensus for me. For academic fields thi
by UncleMeat 4y ago
My strategy in all fields where I am not an expert is to go talk to some experts and ask them to synthesize the expert consensus for me. For academic fields this is usually university faculty. For something like software design this would be a mentor with decades and decades of experience.
Yeah, I think this is the right way to do it. "I'm just explaining my weird theory" is not a good approach to fields that you know little about.
- slackfan 4y agoOne man's "experts" are another's "spreaders of dangerous disinformation".
- UncleMeat 4y agoThat's true, people are often wrong about evaluating expertise. This is why I seek out people at respected institutions who have a track record of respect from peers. No system is perfect, but I'm way more likely to hold correct opinions using this approach than most other approaches.