The main takeaway I have about #influencers is that their ther influence is not backed up by any sort of real #knowledge or #expertise, and is usually just based on what we used to call "#charisma".
Wed/Thursday next week March 6/7: Scibeh 2024 virtual workshop on the boundaries of expertise.
the workshop involves talks, panels, Zoom-based group discussions, forum discussions before, during and after, and concrete outputs that participants determine and develop
As a leading William Gibson scholar in Finland, it has been my sacred duty to learn how to prepare eggs in various styles since breakfast foods are featured in each of his novels -- most prominently the McWolven in Agency. Today, I finally managed to successfully poach eggs. Thank you @the_etrain for the excellent tutoring. #gratitude#expertise
Are #philosophy students’ intuitions about thought experiments different because of expertise?
Longitudinal studies of philosophy and #CogSci students (N = 226) didn't seem to reveal as much: there were some group differences in intuitions, but a selection/indoctrination effect seemed more likely than “a general expertise” or “expertise specific to particular subfields”.
Of course #ElonMusk is an #expert#historian, as well as a #Constitutional#law expert. There isn't a topic that #Elon isn't the premier expert of. Good thing we've got Elon to tell us how the world works! We'd still be living in the dark ages if not for his endless #expertise and #wisdom! 🙄
@rye Unfortunately, you've hit my exact areas of anti-#expertise. I've never used #Jupyter. So my suggestions are probably wrong or things you've already tried.
How are you storing the data? As plain Python objects, #numpy arrays, #Pandas#dataframes? If using native Python datatypes, it will use a ton more memory.
Have you looked at packages on PyPI? There are a bunch of hits for "sankey" - some of them use d3.js, but others don't, and might work better.
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#ElonMusk is giving his "#expert"opinion on matters he has absolutely no #expertise in... again. #Musk believes he is the most authoritative expert on literally every topic, but the truth is that he's a #narcissistic bomb thrower whose fragile #ego demands that he insert himself into every discussion.
Why are politicians being asked for their #opinions on matters of #fact? It's an objective fact that #birthcontrol pills and devices do not cause abortions. That's not how they work. Yet, here we've got some #Republican ass-clown with no relevant medical #expertise asserting that it does cause abortion, as if his ignorant, uninformed beliefs are just as valid as the actual facts. This sort of post-truth bullshit that posits every opinion is equally valid is dangerous.
Why do we still need lawyers and doctors and researchers that spend years and hundreds of thousands of dollars on an education when we can just spend a few hours a week reading Facebook memes from the people we went to high school with 40 years ago?
True wisdom isn’t just about accumulating knowledge; it’s about applying it constructively and generously while keeping an open mind. Beware of those who claim expertise yet lack humility and openness. Genuine wisdom always comes with grace.
Neu im #DVPWblog: Laura Herzog, Andrea Lenschow & Jan Pollex (Uni Osnabrück) schauen sich die @S4F näher an: eine heterogene Bewegung zwischen #Expertise und #Aktivismus
There's a review on a paper that's a great put-down of the concept of renewable aviation fuels here. TL;DR Hydrogen & batteries are too heavy for long distance, and biofuel would require the additional cultivation of land the size of Argentina. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUAaO3r_7Bc
Though I might have phrased that with greater clarity.
First, "appeal to authority" is one of several informal fallacies, that is, it doesn't automatically invalidate a statement, but it does suggest a weakness.
Second, appeal to authority refers to power or position independent of epistemic characteristics. In its classic form it often referred to reliance on religious or political statements, or perhaps on overreliance of ancient sources (e.g., Aristotle, classically, in mediaeval and Renaissance Europe). There are heavy overtones of Papal infallability to it.
Expertise is direct experience or knowledge of a subject, or general knowledge of a field. It is a measure of credibility for knowledge of which we cannot ourselves claim first-hand familiarity. Or, often, for which a first impression gives a false or misleading sense as compared to a deeper understanding.
It is expertise and not authority we are relying on when we cite a reference work (dictionary, encyclopedia, desk reference, statistics, textbook, article), or when we call on expert witnesses in legal or other hearings. There's some confounding of this in common parlance as an expert is often referred to as an authority, but in most cases that authority derives from specific experience, reputation, and credibility rather than some conferred political or social power.
**Expertise and credibility are not absolutes, and neither @vik nor I are claiming this. I've specifically indicated these are fallible. You've specifically misrepresented our statements as claiming otherwise. Which, I might add, makes you an unreliable source.
However as an initial prior for judging information it is a USEFUL guide. And in matters epistemic, utility has an extraordinary significance. We CANNOT be called upon to judge and assess each and every claim individually (regards the claim) and personally (regards persons). Instead we rely on standards, institutions, and practices of trust and presumed belief. We change our views as evidence changes, or as authorities previously viewed as credible come to be generally assessed as unreliable.
In the context of the present discussion, Sabine Hossenfelder is providing a summary news piece in which she's discussing items of interest to a general science community. Specific expertise in physics and mathematics is a valid basis for general understanding, and we can further presume that Hossenfelder has a team assisting in that process (she alludes to this in multiple ways).
What we're relying on her for then is:
To filter through candidate stories to find those of greatest relevance and significance.
To accurately summarize and present findings.
Where she does so, to accurately express opinions on the overall findings or nature of the items.
Which is to say: this is not scholarly or academic research itself, but a review of that research. Details of methodology and findings are going to be in the referenced documents.
And the general expertise and credibility are specifically what is relevant for a scientific communicator / news presenter, in such a case.
I noted above that the overhead of researching and rebutting every last claim is nonfeasible --- it's effectively a denial-of-serivce attack on our brains individually and on public knowledge generally. So is rebutting lazy, inaccurate, and if I may use the term, bullshit arguments or objections.
Mostly, though, it leads to extraordinarily tedious side tangents rather than a substantive discussion of the main topic at hand. There are times when it's reasonable to question sources. This ... really isn't one.
I have been constantly reminded the last couple of weeks of the story (I don't know the original) of some repair person, who is called to fix a vending machine or something or other, and kicks the machine, and then bills the owner $$$. "Why are you charging me so much? You just kicked it! I could have done that for free!" Repair Person: "You're paying for the 30 years of experience I am using to decide to kick it RIGHT THERE." #expertise
What areas of knowledge or expertise or skill or activity do you feel you’re on the “inside” of, and which do you consider you’re somewhat connected to but you’re on the “outside” of?