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majid_sabet
May 28, 2013, 4:06 AM
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An expert (About this sound Audio (US) (help·info), also called cognoscente[1]) is someone widely recognized as a reliable source of technique or skill whose faculty for judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely is accorded authority and status by their peers or the public in a specific well-distinguished domain. An expert, more generally, is a person with extensive knowledge or ability based on research, experience, or occupation and in a particular area of study. Experts are called in for advice on their respective subject, but they do not always agree on the particulars of a field of study. An expert can be, by virtue of credential, training, education, profession, publication or experience, believed to have special knowledge of a subject beyond that of the average person, sufficient that others may officially (and legally) rely upon the individual's opinion. Historically, an expert was referred to as a sage (Sophos). The individual was usually a profound thinker distinguished for wisdom and sound judgment.
Experts have a prolonged or intense experience through practice and education in a particular field. In specific fields, the definition of expert is well established by consensus and therefore it is not necessary for an individual to have a professional or academic qualification for them to be accepted as an expert. In this respect, a shepherd with 50 years of experience tending flocks would be widely recognized as having complete expertise in the use and training of sheep dogs and the care of sheep. Another example from computer science is that an expert system may be taught by a human and thereafter considered an expert, often outperforming human beings at particular tasks. In law, an expert witness must be recognized by argument and authority.
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Research in this area attempts to understand the relation between expert knowledge and exceptional performance in terms of cognitive structures and processes. The fundamental research endeavor is to describe what it is that experts know and how they use their knowledge to achieve performance that most people assume requires extreme or extraordinary ability. Studies have investigated the factors that enable experts to be fast and accurate.[2]
but then Albert Einstein once said: if you study something for 15 min a day, you can be an expert at it in a year.
So climbing two hours a week in some gym will make you a climbing expert in the gym ?
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curt
May 28, 2013, 4:41 AM
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majid_sabet wrote: ...but then Albert Einstein once said: if you study something for 15 min a day, you can be an expert at it in a year...
That's only if you happen to be Albert Einstein, however.
Curt
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edge
May 28, 2013, 12:40 PM
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curt wrote: majid_sabet wrote: ...but then Albert Einstein once said: if you study something for 15 min a day, you can be an expert at it in a year... That's only if you happen to be Albert Einstein, however. Curt
This is correct.
For strict gym climbers, the Theory of Relativity amounts to wondering if their parents were first cousins.
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meanandugly
May 28, 2013, 12:41 PM
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An expert is one who knows, can demonstrate, or teach beyond your own level. One who may be an expert on a particular subject to you, may be a novice to me...and vice versa.
'Expert' is a subjective term. With climbing, I know many who's skills in bouldering far out reach mine, but they don't even know how to put on a harness....expert climber, I think not, but to those who are just starting out, they may be seen as one. The people who began my education in climbing were seen as experts by me, but remained stagnant in their skills, knowledge, and abilities....I no longer consider them as experts. And looking back at what they taught me, not only am I lucky to be alive, but they should not have been considered experts then....ignorance is sometimes bliss.
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