Judgment, Taste, and the Parts of Research We Struggle to Define
Research expertise is better understood through the choices we make when there is too little information, too much information, or both.
People keep saying that good researchers have judgment. Or taste.
These words come up often in conversations about hiring, seniority, and now AI. As more parts of research become easier to automate, the argument usually becomes: researchers will still matter because they have judgment.
I agree with that, but I also think we use these words to…