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What's striking is how often expertise in one field is no guarantee of it in another.
by camperman 12y ago
What's striking is how often expertise in one field is no guarantee of it in another.
- InclinedPlane 12y agoOr even in the same field really. Being an "expert" doesn't make you omnipotent. Millikan, Rutherford, and Einstein were experts in atomic and quantum physics, but it turns out they lacked the imagination to predict controlled nuclear fission. To be fair, it's a very non-intuitive process, but it just shows you how difficult predictions can be.