Thoughts on Expertise
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Smith v. Murray on JRE
Watch the JRE episode with Dave Smith and Douglas Murray here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah6kirkSwTg
In this video, using that episode as a springboard, I talk a little about the idea of expertise, what it means in the best cases, how it is misused in the worst cases, and how expertise differs from credentials.
I also cover a brief thought experiment about a body of experts evaluating a specific proposition, and how such a situation might go down…