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Authority exists. The views of the novice are not worth as much as those of the initiate. No, that's just the insect talking. What you do is step back and reco

• wyager 12y ago
  >The views of the novice are not worth as much as those of the initiate. But the views of a single "initiate" (What do you mean by that? It seems a strange word to use in this context.) don't trump the entirety of science and logic. >Respect the limits of your models and of the modeling process. I do; the limits of our models are substantially more impressive than the limits of a single (fallible) person, no matter how impressive they may be.
  • swayvil 12y ago
    A novice is one who has sampled the subject matter only shallowly, or only in the abstract. An initiate is one who has sampled the subject matter firsthand. "Trump" is not the operative term here. More like "extend" or "augment". If science illuminates like a laser then the alternative, the squishy human approach, or whatever you want to call it, illuminates like a floodlight. Dimmer but wider. If you respect the limits of your models and of the modeling process, then beyond those limits you put aside the science tool and pick up another. Maybe that which Feynman etc use. It certainly works for them.