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Tacit Knowledge
Expertise embedded in practice that precedes and resists verbal articulation; this week's ten-year-old produced results professionals couldn't because tacit proximity to subjects is not transferable through methodology sections
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Mar 2026first appeared
Apr 2026most recent
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The arc
Appears across 3 pieces (2 defined it · 1 discussed it in essays): when this term was part of the conversation. First surfaces Mar 2026.
How the definition evolved (3 versions)
- 150th Knowledge embedded in skilled performance that precedes and resists verbal articulation; studied via gaze pattern analysis at MIT this week
- 150th Expertise embedded in practiced performance that cannot be fully transmitted through instruction; distinguished from explicit knowledge that can be codified
