Qiaochu_Yuan comments on What are your rules of thumb? - Less Wrong

19 Post author: DataPacRat 15 February 2013 03:59PM

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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 15 February 2013 09:55:59PM *  7 points [-]

What domains of knowledge are relevant to what I'm trying to do? Am I a domain expert? (The answer is almost always "no," but the point of asking this question is to emphasize that so I can't conveniently forget it.) If not, who are the domain experts? How do I find domain experts who could offer useful advice? Do the domain experts in this domain generally agree with each other, or is there substantial controversy, and if so, why?

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 16 February 2013 05:22:21AM 4 points [-]

Also, are the so called "domain experts" quacks?