From Novice to Expert
Friday, February 16th, 2007Novice: Hey dude, so what’s better here, A or B?
Expert: Hm,…, er,… C.
Novice: What? Why???
Expert: Trust me.
Novice: Year, right…
What is this all about? It is about the Dreyfus Model, which lists stages in skills acquisition that apply to most domains - including Go, I believe. It explains, among other things, why professionals don’t seem able to explain to us the reason behind their moves, and why we shouldn’t be frustrated with this. I wrote an article on this.
