Subject matter experts (SMEs) are sought for their mastery of a topic, but political science writer Philip Tetlock in his book, Expert Political Judgment, found diligent researchers, who applied critical thinking to a problem, performed equally as well or slightly better than SMEs when it came to forecasting political outcomes. This phenomena applies equally wellContinue reading “The Diligent Researcher Equal To Subject Matter Expert”
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Analysis Is The Difference Between Informal And Formal Problem Solving
Analysis is what separates informal from formal problem solving. This diagram shows the difference. You can see hypotheses and evidence are processed very differently. Take a look at the first triangle. Here, we begin to form a single explanation as soon as we encounter a dataset or scenario. The “support” for it comes consciously andContinue reading “Analysis Is The Difference Between Informal And Formal Problem Solving”