When There Are No Experts

A new essay on LessWrong explores the nature of expertise and why some fields, like mathematics, have clear hierarchies of truth while others do not. The author argues that fields like philosophy often lack a reliable way to verify claims, leading to competing schools of thought rather than a single consensus. Per LessWrong, the only solution in these non-experty fields is for individuals to personally master the high-level arguments to determine which are correct.

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