1/ Let's say that you have access to an expert, and you want to get at their expertise because you want to learn it.
You don't have time to do a full skill extraction. (These take hours).
What's one question you can ask that generates the most useful information for you?
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First thought I had was “why is X not the best move here?” where X is what I’d do 😅
It’s a similar question, but I’d argue generates more useful information *for me*
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Full context: the reason you want to ask about a generic novice and not about just yourself is because the expert has likely seen more novices and more failure modes than you can imagine.
This question thus unearths more of the nature of their expertise than you might expect.
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Hmm, so you think there’s a risk in starting specific and branching out vs the other way?
On the flip side, do you find that experts can often talk in the abstract about a generic novice in useful ways?
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This feels so context dependent as well. If I’m not a novice, but also not an expert, I might know novice mistakes, but am lacking something else to bridge that gap
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I don't know actually — give both a try and let me know what's more effective. All I can tell you is that ACTA focuses on 'what would a novice get wrong here?' and it works really well when I've tried it.