It's true as long as you personally are not particularly suited to widen the bottleneck. Which is most of the time. In this particular case, it's very unlikely

It's true as long as you personally are not particularly suited to widen the bottleneck. Which is most of the time. In this particular case, it's very unlikely a typical dev would contribute more by taking a few years off to learn biology and maths and statistics, instead of just making money and paying someone who has already spent that time.