Why Experts Keep Failing Us
I caught most of this podcast the other day at work, and I wanted to share it with the rest of you. I probably need to listen to it again. - DG
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Why Experts Keep Failing Us
[2010-07-08 12:00:00] Can the expert advice offered by scientists, economists and others be trusted? Our guest this hour, science and business journalist David H. Freedman, isn't so sure. His new book is "Wrong: Why experts keep failing us - and how to know when not to trust them" (Little, Brown and Company, 2010).
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Permalink Reply by Doug Reardon on -
Well, he IS the expert!
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Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on -
Heh! Yeah, they brought that up, too. At the end of the show the host asked him why they should believe him -- but I don't remember his response exactly, though I do think he invited people to question him.
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