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Comment author: shminux 15 July 2015 07:06:53PM 10 points [-]

Where did that assumption come from?

This assumption comes from expecting an expert to know the basics of their field.

If you ask physics professors questions that go counter to human intuition I wouldn't be to sure that they get them right either.

A trained physicist's intuition is rather different from "human intuition" on physics problems, so that's unlikely.

Comment author: eternal_neophyte 15 July 2015 07:25:19PM *  0 points [-]

Is every philosopher supposed to be a moral philosopher?

Edit: Just noticed study contains this (which I missed in the OP):

Nor were order effects any smaller for the minority of philosopher participants reporting expertise on the very issues under investigation.

...which is pretty disconcerting. However asking people to determine for themselves whether they're experts in a particular problem area doesn't strike me as particularly hygienic.

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