Expert Advice

Ask someone who has a track record of expertise in your area

Description

  • Some hypotheses are hard to test in practice
  • However often you can tap experience or experise
  • You need to identify the expert and determine their credibility

Tips

  • Make sure the expert indeed has the requisite knowledge or experience
  • Sometimes a single expert is enough, sometimes you might want a second one
  • Sometimes your hypothesis is proven by analogy or observation (hypothesis: a small robotic vacccum cleaner can be built for under $1000)