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The Curse of Expertise: Why ‘Common Sense’ Isn’t Common

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The Curse of Expertise: Why ‘Common Sense’ Isn’t Common

Reading time, 5 minutes: Why do experienced people mistake expertise for common sense? What looks obvious to an expert may be invisible to a novice. In schools, it’s just common sense can dismiss the very knowledge someone has not yet had the opportunity to build. A casual, social slur The ‘curse of expertise’ is the tendency for experienced people […]

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