19. Recursive Taleb’s surgeon
If someone is significantly relying on Taleb’s surgeon to make a choice, then they are not competent enough to discern actual competence.
Absolutely! I like some of these razors better than others.
Competence assessment is way more accurate in some fields than others e.g. software engineering (does the code run?) vs legal work or policy research (where have they worked before?).
19. Recursive Taleb’s surgeon
If someone is significantly relying on Taleb’s surgeon to make a choice, then they are not competent enough to discern actual competence.
Absolutely! I like some of these razors better than others.
Competence assessment is way more accurate in some fields than others e.g. software engineering (does the code run?) vs legal work or policy research (where have they worked before?).