[Sigia-l] TMI - and expert-level knowledge

[Donna Fritzsche]

This looks fascinating - one question I have, do you know if the 
examples they give apply mostly to fields such as medicine -where the 
experts (in this case, doctors) have alot of precompiled, 
academically learned  and experience- based information?

Thanks
Donna

At 1:07 AM -0500 2/6/05, Listera wrote:
>If you're a fan of football and Malcolm Gladwell (author of "The Tipping
>Point" and the new "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking"), here's
>an interesting interview on ESPN:
>
>In "Blink," I talk about how we can turn ER doctors from terrible
>decision-makers when it comes to diagnosing chest pain into great decision
>makers simply by limiting the amount of information they are given about a
>patient. Load them down with every conceivable piece of data, and they have
>real difficulty distinguishing patients with heartburn from patients who are
>experiencing a real heart attack. Limit them to three or four crucial pieces
>of data, though, and they do a great job.
>
><http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=merron/050203>
>
>"Blink" looks at the notion of too-much-info, rapid cognition and expert
>reactions, with interesting observations and conclusions. Terribly relevant
>for IAs.
>
><http://www.gladwell.com/blink/>
>
>Ziya
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