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The Experts Speak, cheap new, used books  The Experts Speak: The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation
Author: Christopher Cerf  Victor Navasky  
ISBN: 0679778063   /   Paperback
Publisher: Villard Books   /   1998-07
List Price: £12.85
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Did you know that the stock market had reached a "permanently high plateau" in October 1929? You would have thought so, had you listened to the experts back then. Christopher Cerf and Victor Navasky of the "Institute of Expertology" have made it their mission to compare the actual statements of professional prognosticators with the events following their predictions. Knowing better than to comment directly, they let the reader decide about the (ahem) reliability of the experts.

Brilliantly organized, using the categories of Adler's "Outline of Knowledge," The Experts Speak will educate the naive and entertain the cynical with its thousands of well-documented quotes by wise men and women, from Aristotle ("The brain is an organ of minor importance") to Albert Einstein ("There is not the slightest indication that [nuclear]energy will ever be obtainable"). Concise, well-written descriptions of the events that actually happened--usually at variance with informed opinion--add to the dry humor. If you've always wanted to be a self-assured talking head, The Experts Speak will make you anauthority on definitive misinformation. --Rob Lightner


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Good book - but don't buy it twice!     
I endorse the other supportive reviews here, but would like to warn that this is an earlier, slightly larger-format edition of "I Wish I Hadn't Said That: The Experts Speak". Since the latter is both later and cheaper, you may prefer to choose it.
Well researched book and worth the money!     
I have read many articles and books on history's "experts" mistakes and this book is one of the best. Enjoy every page. Congratulations!
A humorous and very informative book!!     
This wonderful book, taught me many historical facts that I didn't know. It's great to see people who are "experts" and therefore smarter than me, wrong so often!!!
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