Sam2,
DaasYochid: You’re really going to compare the current incarnation of “Daas Torah” to asking a Navi?
I wasn’t making that comparison, I’ll let PBA argue that one. I was merely pointing out that the “concept” (cantoresq’s word) of asking a talmid chochom as means of hearing Hashem’s wisdom, even in matters not pertaining to halacha, is indeed “classical Jewish thought”.
Whether it is applied correctly today is a different matter.
FTR, I don’t think daas Torah, as applied today, means infallibility; I think asking someone who thinks in a Torah-trained manner (see Jothar’s excellent post) gives one the best chance of getting a proper answer, and all Hashem asks of us is that we do our best.