# Déformation Prof.

*Tom Geraghty · Models & Critique, Power*

Introduces déformation professionnelle — professional deformation — tracing the term to an 1887 paper on shoemakers' injuries before applying it to how professional training shapes (and distorts) how practitioners perceive problems. Connects to cognitive biases and epistemic blind spots.

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