Yeah...I’ve been chalking that all up to “domain expert who is smarter than me and doesn’t wish to deceive me is taking this seriously, so I will too” heuristic. I suppose “overactive imagination” is another reasonable explanation.
(In my opinion, better heuristic for when you don’t understand and have access to only one expert is: “Domain expert who is smarter than me and doesn’t wish to deceive me tells me that it is the consensus of all the smartest and best domain experts that this is true”. )
Yeah...I’ve been chalking that all up to “domain expert who is smarter than me and doesn’t wish to deceive me is taking this seriously, so I will too” heuristic. I suppose “overactive imagination” is another reasonable explanation.
(In my opinion, better heuristic for when you don’t understand and have access to only one expert is: “Domain expert who is smarter than me and doesn’t wish to deceive me tells me that it is the consensus of all the smartest and best domain experts that this is true”. )