An expert has been defined as

[morteza]

Hello
I am not sure if I am asking this question in the right place/forum. I am reading the book Strategy Safari (Mintzberg et al.) and I need some help to understand some parts of it.
One of the chapters of the book is "strategic planning". In a section of this chapter, the authors explain "the fallacies of strategic planning". They begin this section with the following sentence:
"An expert has been defined as someone who avoids all the many pitfalls on his or her way to the grand fallacy."
And they proceed:
"Here, therefore, we consider the fallacies of strategic planning, three in particular, which, to our mind, blend into that one grand fallacy."

I did not understand the meaning (the gist) of the first remark (an expert has been defined...). Could you please tell me what you think about the meaning of that?
I would appreciate your help.

 

[fisicx]

Sounds like a load of rubbish. I define an expert as someone with comprehensive knowledge and expertise in a particular field. Nothing to do with any sort of fallacy.

 

[Newchodge]

Hello
I am not sure if I am asking this question in the right place/forum. I am reading the book Strategy Safari (Mintzberg et al.) and I need some help to understand some parts of it.
One of the chapters of the book is "strategic planning". In a section of this chapter, the authors explain "the fallacies of strategic planning". They begin this section with the following sentence:
"An expert has been defined as someone who avoids all the many pitfalls on his or her way to the grand fallacy."
And they proceed:
"Here, therefore, we consider the fallacies of strategic planning, three in particular, which, to our mind, blend into that one grand fallacy."

I did not understand the meaning (the gist) of the first remark (an expert has been defined...). Could you please tell me what you think about the meaning of that?
I would appreciate your help.

It's the authors' opinion, expressed as if it is someone else's. And meaningless.

 

[Mark T Jones]

An ex is a has-been

A spurt us a drip under pressure.

Whatever technical definition may have existed, it now boils down to 'someone who thinks they know a lot'

 

[morteza]

Sounds like a load of rubbish. I define an expert as someone with comprehensive knowledge and expertise in a particular field. Nothing to do with any sort of fallacy.

It's the authors' opinion, expressed as if it is someone else's. And meaningless.

An ex is a has-been

A spurt us a drip under pressure.

Whatever technical definition may have existed, it now boils down to 'someone who thinks they know a lot'

Thank you very much for the comments.
I am not a native. Maybe that is why I have trouble understanding it. So does the author believe "an expert moves towards fallacy"? It is like a paradox. I can not digest it. So I did not understand what is the semantic relationship between the mentioned sentence and the sentence after it.

 

[MikeJ]

Why would a Moderator comment on this, and not move it to Time Out?

 

[fisicx]

Thank you very much for the comments.
I am not a native. Maybe that is why I have trouble understanding it. So does the author believe "an expert moves towards fallacy"? It is like a paradox. I can not digest it. So I did not understand what is the semantic relationship between the mentioned sentence and the sentence after it.

Because the author is an idiot. They are writing complete rubbish. Chuck the book in the bin.

 

[IanSuth]

i think the author is trying to say - a lot of people think they know it all and so repeat past mistakes by trying to copy what those that came before have done.

I think they are trying to say "think for yourself, do your own research and follow that not others"

 

[Newchodge]

i think the author is trying to say - a lot of people think they know it all and so repeat past mistakes by trying to copy what those that came before have done.

I think they are trying to say "think for yourself, do your own research and follow that not others"

Then why doesn't the author say that? It's not hard, is it?