Experts and Explanations
Clark Quinn,
Learnlets,
Mar 09, 2022
It feels odd to read this post, because it's clear that while Clark Quinn understands that expert knowledge isn't composed of easy-to-read explanations, he continues to write as though experts 'compile' and 'store' their knowledge as though they were computers. But because what they know can't be articulated, he reasons, they are therefore bad teachers. "It's clear that experts should not be the ones doing the explanations... Don't give experts the job of communicating to anyone but other experts, or to experts on working with experts to get explanations." Maybe the problem is with the demand for easy-to-grasp 'explanations'. These may be easier to teach, but it may be that they are the wrong thing to teach.
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