The surprise came at the conclusion of the event.… Weak human + machine + better process was superior to a strong computer alone and, more remarkably, superior to a strong human + machine + inferior process.

— Garry Kasparov, The Chess Master and the Computer [via Idea of the Day]

Posted Saturday, January 30th, at 8:03 AM — chess expertise — Comments (View)
We were poised to start working in Africa. But we were forced to pull back just to re-educate people here in the United States.

— Amy Pisani, executive director of immunization organization At Every Child By Two, on the effects of celebrities offering advice on vaccinations, quoted in Are celebrities crossing the line on medical advice? [via Kevin Drum]

Posted Monday, December 28th, at 8:08 AM — vaccination celebrity expertise — Comments (View)
an expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field

— Niels Bohr, quoted by John Dickerson

Posted Friday, November 27th, at 8:43 AM — expertise — Comments (View)
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