In your opinion, which the Author (and I) disagree with, which is cool.
Chess was just an example, not the specific of the Statement.
Replace Chess with any other “intellectual domain”, it holds true.
Is there an Expert Poker player for instance?
No absolutes in human endeavour, expert doesn’t mean perfect 100% of the time all the time, just that in that fact based field/fields they know more than you.
But you know, a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing, given a level of entitlement, which is kinda the issue .
(see earlier point about not arguing with a surgeon before an Operation)
Anyway,
Wanted to throw something out I felt was appropriate here, not taking the credit for the statement so nothing really to say other than I agree with it.
Originally Posted by
Macca
You can program a computer to beat any human player because chess is fully quantifiable.
Complex subjects like economics are not. There's no such thing as an 'expert' in economics, or any similar field. There are just too many unknown variables and too many complex inter-relationships.
Doctors make mistakes regardless of their training and experience. It's very common. Ask any lawyer who specialises in medical malpractice.
There's no valid analogy with chess.
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