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#548 - Tim Harford - Why Is Thinking Clearly So Difficult?

Modern Wisdom

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Is There a Lindy Effect?

I think we tend to want to take an expert in one field and ask them to opine in other fields. It can be very difficult both for us and for the experts to realize they've strayed outside their area of expertise. I wonder whether it can ever be done, at least in the medium-term future. We all get things wrong. But it's a good start.

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