# An Expert Is a Person Who Has Made All the Mistakes That Can Be Made in a Very Narrow Field by Niels Bohr > "An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field." > **— Niels Bohr**, *Widely sourced Bohr aphorism* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Widely sourced Bohr aphorism. ## Sources and Context - **Source lead requiring final verification:** [Widely sourced Bohr aphorism](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Niels_Bohr) — the supplied dossier points here, but exact wording, attribution, or complete source context has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary or sufficiently authoritative source. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Whole Earth|Whole Earth]] - **Article:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Greatest Transformation in Human History|The Greatest Transformation in Human History]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Science Ecosystem|Science Ecosystem]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field." — Niels Bohr, Widely sourced Bohr aphorism https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-niels-bohr-expert-person-made-all-mistakes ```