Comments on: The Expert on Experts and Expertise http://www.mcgeesmusings.net/2007/01/01/the-expert-on-experts-and-expertise/ "The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." - Dorothy Parker Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:58:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: David Montgomery http://www.mcgeesmusings.net/2007/01/01/the-expert-on-experts-and-expertise/#comment-72416 David Montgomery Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:27:38 +0000 http://www.mcgeesmusings.net/2007/01/01/the-expert-on-experts-and-expertise/#comment-72416 An interesting post which raises questions about both experts and expertise -- are the inextricably linked or mutually exclusive? Or is it more a case of pick n mix or buy one get one free? Expert is another of those words which is so overused that it conjures up images of a brake lining a lorry which hasn't been a service for years and operates solely in mountainous terrains. Expertise on the other hand is something we all have yet frequently don't realise although I would shy away from being called an expert in view of the well worn formula: x = the unknown quantity spurt = a drip under pressure Expertise is know how and know how is tacit in a world that waxes lyrical about the benefits of tacit yet still prizes explicit above all else especially when it comes to payment......I am just filling in my tacit return for the Inland Revenue but sense they might want something a tad more explicit. An interesting post which raises questions about both experts and expertise — are the inextricably linked or mutually exclusive? Or is it more a case of pick n mix or buy one get one free?

Expert is another of those words which is so overused that it conjures up images of a brake lining a lorry which hasn’t been a service for years and operates solely in mountainous terrains.

Expertise on the other hand is something we all have yet frequently don’t realise although I would shy away from being called an expert in view of the well worn formula:
x = the unknown quantity
spurt = a drip under pressure

Expertise is know how and know how is tacit in a world that waxes lyrical about the benefits of tacit yet still prizes explicit above all else especially when it comes to payment……I am just filling in my tacit return for the Inland Revenue but sense they might want something a tad more explicit.

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