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Expertise can sometimes lead to closedmindedness from "summary" of Ignorância by Stuart Firestein
The more we know about a subject, the more likely we are to become closed-minded about it. The expert in a particular field has become more comfortable with what he or she knows. It's not that experts aren't curious or open-minded, but the trouble is they are less likely to be surprised. They have a great deal invested in their area of expertise. The expert in a subject knows what questions are important and what questions are not. This is a good thing, but it also means that the expert is less likely to be surprised by the answers. The expert's knowledge has become a scaffolding, a structure that supports further learning. But sometimes, that structure can become a cage. It's not easy to get outside the cage that one has so carefully constructed. The accumulation of knowledge is a good thing, of course. But it can also lead to complacency. Experts have a great deal of knowledge, but they also have a great deal of ignorance. The more we know, the more we realize we don't know. Expertise is, in a sense, a form of ignorance. It is a...
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