Nicole Rust on Nostr: Breaking down the silos: “The vast majority of scientists have never been more than ...
Breaking down the silos:
“The vast majority of scientists have never been more than journeyman prospectors .. life at the edge is expensive and chancy … installed in million $ labs, [they] have no time to think about the big picture, and see little profit in it.”
Found this 1998 Atlantic article by E.O. Wilson in an old box. A fascinating call for breaking down scientific silos & for what he calls consilience.
“Inevitably, I think, we will accept the adventure, go there, and find what we need to know.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1998/03/back-from-chaos/308700/
“The vast majority of scientists have never been more than journeyman prospectors .. life at the edge is expensive and chancy … installed in million $ labs, [they] have no time to think about the big picture, and see little profit in it.”
Found this 1998 Atlantic article by E.O. Wilson in an old box. A fascinating call for breaking down scientific silos & for what he calls consilience.
“Inevitably, I think, we will accept the adventure, go there, and find what we need to know.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1998/03/back-from-chaos/308700/