205. Expert Advice & Rhetoric
Channel: THUNK
Date: 2021-03-18

Sometimes, getting an expert to tell you what they *really* think is like pulling teeth - if it's their job to give advice about their field, why are they often cagey about it? In a word: rhetoric.

- Links for the Curious -

Recognizing Rhetoric in Health Care Policy Analysis (Russell et al, 2008) - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Trisha-Greenhalgh/publication/5527514_Recognizing_Rhetoric_in_Health_Care_Policy_Analysis/links/00b495298fe09b6be0000000/Recognizing-Rhetoric-in-Health-Care-Policy-Analysis.pdf 

Policy advice: Use experts wisely (Sutherland & Bergman, 2015) - https://www.nature.com/news/policy-advice-use-experts-wisely-1.18539 

An Empirical Test of an Axiomatic Model of the Relationship Between Language Intensity & Persuasion ( Hamilton et al, 2009) - http://www.uky.edu/~ngrant/CJT780/readings/Day%207/HamiltonHunterBurgoon1990.pdf

Expert Status and Performance (Bergman et al, 2011) - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0022998

Brain mechanisms of persuasion: how ‘expert power’ modulates memory and attitudes (Klucharev et al, 2008) - https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/3/4/353/1625801?login=true 

Expert Witness Confidence andJuror Personality: Their Impacton Credibility and Persuasionin the Courtroom (Cramer et al, 2009) - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jamie-Decoster-3/publication/24211569_Expert_Witness_Confidence_and_Juror_Personality_Their_Impact_on_Credibility_and_Persuasion_in_the_Courtroom/links/540f0f7b0cf2df04e75a1e0d/Expert-Witness-Confidence-and-Juror-Personality-Their-Impact-on-Credibility-and-Persuasion-in-the-Courtroom.pdf

WebMD and the Tragedy of Legible Expertise - https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/webmd-and-the-tragedy-of-legible