Ted Carmichael wrote: > BTW - I wouldn't say the expert cannot explain why he has reached a > certain conclusion. Largely speaking, she can. A blind person can > tell you exactly what all the little raised dots and patterns mean. > I just mean that, as expertise is built up, this process of > articulation becomes unnecessary. And probably, in more complex > domains, some subtle patterns are probably integrated into the > architecture without awareness of them. In these cases, it would be > more difficult and more complex to articulate what has led to the > conclusion. However, the broad strokes of analysis are almost > certainly readily available.
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