The Problem with Expertise

Currently in Australia there is a 'scandal' involving a professional sports club and the possibility that a sports science 'expert' mislead them into breaking the WADA code last year. As science delves into more specific areas of sporting performance and improvement, the depth of knowledge into 'smaller' areas increases while the range of different areas also increases. This is an important and logical consequence of the scientific process, but it means that it is increasingly difficult for a coach, who is generally held ultimately responsible , be be sufficiently knowledgable to challenge experts about all the areas for which he/she is responsible. Even though this particular issue has been around in Australia for many months, reading this article about the investigations made a connection for me between this problem and the Global Financial Crisis. From reading about the GFC in books like Michael Lewis's, 'The Big Short', it seems c