Harshray: what role, if any, does your mind play in processing Expert advice?
In a few months.
In my field, “Experts” usually refers to prediction with expert advice. The word is used derisively, because the goal is to do well even when advised by hordes of professed Experts who fare poorly.
Be ye not distracted by our troll here. Be instead more cynical about experts: Fatal Motorcycle Crash Listed as COVID-19 Death in Florida
Shiva is a PhD student in computer science. You had me there Mark.
Rip had me, and by extension probably you, fooled earlier, but Shiva is a PhD student in computer science, and hence, no offence to him, he is not the expert here. My concern about him not trusting doctors has thus been rendered moot.
One of the first things my mind will do is to process if the concerned person is an expert. For instance you may very well be an expert in your field of computer science, in a few months, and all the best to you to defend your thesis, but, no offence, you are not the expert when it comes to Covid 19. So I don't see how you or I for that matter, can possess the knowledge that the doctors involved in the Covid 19 situation do, knowledge that is fundamentally prerequisite to forming an informed opinion on such a matter and knowledge that is gained not solely through the internet, but through the years of hard work through med school.
I don't know if I can trust Doctor Manhattan. I don't think he cares too much for us mere mortals. He did after all, say this once: "I am tired of Earth, these people. I'm tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives"
Wow. Shiva's not a doctor. I speak for many on this board when I say, "Wow, Shiva's not a doctor." Harshray's right. Only doctors have the expertise we need in These Trying Times.
I'm really curious about how old you are, Harshray.
From the UK
Matt Hancock orders urgent review of PHE Covid-19 death figures | Coronavirus outbreak | The Guardian
Dr Susan Hopkins, Public Health England’s incident director, said: “Although it may seem straightforward, there is no WHO agreed method of counting deaths from Covid-19. In England, we count all those that have died who had a positive Covid-19 test at any point, to ensure our data is as complete as possible."
Is that a good expert opinion from a leading Dr on how to meaningfully count covid deaths?