A great piece! One thing I wanted to add is that it is the outliers in the medical field disagreeing with the majority expert opinion who often advance the field. Semmelweis would be a great example but there are thousands of others. In some specific and carefully selected cases, it might be worth the risk to take a chance on an outlier if the expert majority has been unable (or unwilling) to help.
I liked it. My favorite research topic. Deferring to experts is just one part of what deference is all about. Your rules are very similar to the rules of critical thinking - that's also interesting.
A great piece! One thing I wanted to add is that it is the outliers in the medical field disagreeing with the majority expert opinion who often advance the field. Semmelweis would be a great example but there are thousands of others. In some specific and carefully selected cases, it might be worth the risk to take a chance on an outlier if the expert majority has been unable (or unwilling) to help.
I liked it. My favorite research topic. Deferring to experts is just one part of what deference is all about. Your rules are very similar to the rules of critical thinking - that's also interesting.
These references provide a unique perspective on the nature of authority or what ultimately matters
http://beezone.com/current/authority_certainty_freedom2.html
http://www.dabase.org/up-1-7.htm
http://www.dabase.org/hardware.htm
http://beezone.com/current/sciencemysticismlove.html
http://beezone.com/current/tableofcontents-5.html
http://beezone.com/current/the-big-picture.html