When To Believe Experts | Outsourcing Your Own Research

Should we be sceptical of people who claim to be experts?

In Episode #399 of 'Musings', Juan & I discuss: rules of thumb we use to decide who to listen to, why having some scepticism might be helpful, whether Sweden is a real place, whether you can separate the person from the ideas and trying to make the V4V pitch as simple as possible.

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Timeline:
(0:00) - We're not experts
(1:34) - Default & definition
(4:08) - How do you know truth?
(8:50) - Sceptical of people claiming expertise
(14:53) - The bad rap: deciding between options
(24:49) - Utility of scepticism
(28:23) - Boostagram Lounge
(39:44) - Red flags
(49:02) - Green flags
(58:15) - Summaries
(1:07:55) - V4V: It's exceedingly simple


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