The Illusion of Knowledge and Expertise in the Field of Evidence Synthesis and Systematic Reviewing

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking

Yesterday, a colleague approached me with a few questions. He also asked if I knew how to run meta-analyses. I said, yes, I know; however, I will speak to our statistician to see her availability and fees. He found my suggestion very strange, considering that I had the knowledge and availability and he was paying handsomely, but I refused to run the analysis. After…