First Blog

  The Expert's Paradox, simply stated is: "The more experts we have the more problems we have." How can this be? The resolution is simple. It takes some expertise to really “know what is unknown.” Without expertise, the knowledge explorer can hardly know what questions beyond the most basic to ask. And the answers to those are mostly known. While it may seem that more knowledge should decrease open questions, it is the opposite that’s true.

3/27/18. Now retired! Spend much time watching the stock market, where many of my $$ are invested. Last week was depressing. So, I watch the business news, a lot.   Fact about business shows: they trot in well dressed bull market advocates alternatively with equally well dressed bear market advocates. After enough of this, you are totally confused. What I've noticed about these "experts" is that each uses only a few parameters upon which they rely.   These are mixed with a rather heavy helping of intuition.  Just like us in every day living. Turning to politics, we are led to our leaders and which or what are the few parameters that guide them.   For Obama, it seemed that globalism and its corollaries were at the base of his thinking.   Namely, his desire to convert the world to a globalist Utopian dream.   Simple and idealistic.   For Trump, the parameters are not that clear, but he seems to prefers a more nationalistic view of the world whe...

"The mathematician does not study pure mathematics because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful." --- Henri Poincaré "A goal without a plan is just a wish."   --- Antoine de Saint-Exupery "The things that we love tell us what we are." --- St. Thomas Aquinas  " Experts often possess more data than judgment."   --- from the Internet “Wisdom begins with knowledge about knowledge.”   --- Anon. “The newest (and oldest) form of political thug promises bounty to the public while stealing from the cash register.” – Anon. "If you believe in sanctuary cities, you have a religion where you get to feel good about yourself, you don’t actually have to do anything, and others pay for your faith. " - Anon.  (Convenient!   The take-away here is that we mustn’t call the intellectual left stupid anymore.   They did dream this one up!)