I’ve often seen this with hooking up computers, TVs and/or audio equipment. Many people seem to treat it as incomprehensible, even though with computers (particularly) it’s just cable to connector, no real thinking needed. For a/v equipment it’s just “flows” out-to-in.
Specialization is fantastic, but there is real value to cross-training in other disciplines. It’s hard to predict what insights in other fields might assist with your primary. Also, even if you use a specialist, it’s impossible to evaluate them if you blank-out in the area. For example, auto-mechanics often fall into this category, as mentioned in the article. If a mechanic tells you he “needed to replace the flooge inhibitor”, and that was causing the car to “super-slafire”, how do you evaluate if he’s being honest without spending a lot of money & time doing experiments?
Specialization is fantastic, but there is real value to cross-training in other disciplines. It’s hard to predict what insights in other fields might assist with your primary.
Indeed, but the field still needs to be somewhat ‘close’ to yours. See Innocentive where they make much of being outsiders—but it’s not like the humanities are sweeping the industrial chemistry problems.
I’ve often seen this with hooking up computers, TVs and/or audio equipment. Many people seem to treat it as incomprehensible, even though with computers (particularly) it’s just cable to connector, no real thinking needed. For a/v equipment it’s just “flows” out-to-in.
Specialization is fantastic, but there is real value to cross-training in other disciplines. It’s hard to predict what insights in other fields might assist with your primary. Also, even if you use a specialist, it’s impossible to evaluate them if you blank-out in the area. For example, auto-mechanics often fall into this category, as mentioned in the article. If a mechanic tells you he “needed to replace the flooge inhibitor”, and that was causing the car to “super-slafire”, how do you evaluate if he’s being honest without spending a lot of money & time doing experiments?
Indeed, but the field still needs to be somewhat ‘close’ to yours. See Innocentive where they make much of being outsiders—but it’s not like the humanities are sweeping the industrial chemistry problems.