Wrong
Subtitle: why experts* keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them : *scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs, high-powered consultants, health officials and more
By: David H. Freedman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780316023788
Subjects: Expertise -- Social aspects; Trust -- Social aspects; Reliability; Error
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Some expert observations; title: The trouble with scientists, Part 1; title: The certainty principle; title: The idiocy of crowds; title: The trouble with scientists, Part 2; title: Experts and organizations; title: Experts and the media; title: The Internet and the technology of expertise; title: Eleven simple never-fail rules for not being misled by experts.