Management of the unexpected
For Narval and others who have expressed similar opinions, I can empathize with your sentiments as a very similar degradation is occurring in my profession - medicine. Experience (however expressed: gut feeling, seat-of-the-pants, I know, I don't know how, etc), is discounted as being unquantifiable and therefore invalid. I've encountered many situations were health care professionals have responded only to the numbers. Fortunately, I was able to point out that the numbers didn't fit the situation so no harm was done. I've been designing and programming computers since 1964 and practicing medicine since 1978. I still don't trust computers but I do trust my gut. Computers certainly do make life easier but they are not professionals.
Last edited by kilomikedelta; 27th Jun 2009 at 22:55.