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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 20 August 2014 10:37:11AM 1 point [-]

Say you need to plan an expedition, like columbus. How much time should you spend shmoozing with royalty to get more money, how much time inspecting the ships, how much testing the crew, etc... and how do these all interact? The narrow predictors would domain specific questions, but you need to be able to meld and balance the info in some way.