Eminence based medicine — The more senior the colleague, the less importance he or she placed on the need for anything as mundane as evidence. Experience, it seems, is worth any amount of evidence. These colleagues have a touching faith in clinical experience, which has been defined as “making the same mistakes with increasing confidence over an impressive number of years.” The eminent physician's white hair and balding pate are called the “halo” effect. — from "Seven alternatives to evidence based medicine," British Medical Journal, 18 December 1999.
When I hear about new and innovative processes, technologies, or theories of how to cure the world's ills - from energy to new management techniques, I start my quest with the question...
Ya got any evidence your idea actually works in the domain I'm currently working in?
No? Well go get some and come back, I'd love to see it work here. Many times I never hear from them again.
