>>>Eureka!
>>>I found a way to exclude morons from my posts!

>> Even if no one replies to your posts

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>  > you won't have excluded them all.
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> At least you admit you supplied the proof.
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> But that just proves my point.
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> The morons are afraid of this article.
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> They'll try to dodge it every time.
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>>>>> This post frightens away the nut jobs.

>>>>    Not true.

>>> Then why did you dodge the issue?
>>> Here, we'll try again:

>>>>> InnoCentive found that “the further the problem was from the
>>>>> solver’s expertise, the
>>>>> : more likely they were to solve it,” often by applying specialized
>>>>> knowledge or
>>>>> : instruments developed for another purpose.
>>>>> Interdisciplinarity is the act of drawing from two or more academic

>>>> disciplines and integrating their insights to work together in pursuit
>>>> of a common goal. "Interdisciplinary Studies", as they are called, use
>>>> interdisciplinarity to develop a greater understanding of a problem
>>>> that is too complex or wide-ranging (i.e. AIDS pandemic, global
>>>> warming) to be dealt with using the knowledge and methodology of just
>>>> one discipline.

>>> Interdisciplinary programs sometimes arise from a shared conviction
>>> that the traditional disciplines are unable or unwilling to address an
>>> important problem. For example, social science disciplines such as
>>> anthropology and sociology paid little attention to the social
>>> analysis of technology throughout most of the twentieth century. As a
>>> result, many social scientists with interests in technology have
>>> joined science and technology studies programs, which are typically
>>> staffed by scholars drawn from numerous disciplines (including
>>> anthropology, history, philosophy, sociology, and women's studies).
>>> They may also arise from new research developments, such as
>>> nanotechnology, which cannot be addressed without combining the
>>> approaches of two or more disciplines. Examples include quantum
>>> information processing, which amalgamates elements of quantum physics
>>> and computer science, and bioinformatics, which combines molecular
>>> biology with computer science. In a sense, those who pursue
>>> Interdisciplinary Studies degrees or practice interdisciplinarity in
>>> their lives are seen as pioneers (and even risk-takers) at the cutting
>>> edge of scholarship, science, and technology. In this way,
>>> interdisciplinarians are able to acknowledge and combat the present
>>> and future problems of humanity.
>>> At another level, interdisciplinarity is seen as a remedy to the
>>> intellectually deadening effects of excessive specialization. On some
>>> views, however, interdisciplinarity is entirely indebted to those who
>>> specialize in one field of study--that without specialists,
>>> interdisciplinarians would have no information and no leading experts
>>> to consult. Others place the focus of interdisciplinarity on the need
>>> to transcend disciplines, viewing excessive specialization as
>>> problematic both epistemologically and politically. When
>>> interdisciplinary collaboration or research results in new solutions
>>> to problems, much information is given back to the various disciplines
>>> involved. Therefore, both disciplinarians and interdisciplinarians
>>> must work complementary to each other in order to solve problems.
>>> However, French sociologist and interdisciplinary scholar, Mattei
>>> Dogan has criticized the widely held view that interdisciplinarity,
>>> despite its etymology, involves merging two traditional disciplines.
>>> As demonstrated in his article “The New Social Sciences: Cracks in the
>>> Disciplinary Walls,” interdisciplinary research does not, in fact,
>>> entail crossing whole disciplines, but in crossing specialties. In
>>> Dogan’s view, by attempting to cross disciplines so vast as political
>>> science and sociology, for example, the research can only become lost
>>> in an ocean of literature. In this sense, any researcher seeking to
>>> cross whole disciplines is doomed from the outset. For him, the true
>>> meaning of interdisciplinarity lies in crossing specialties within
>>> disciplines, or the hybridization of disciplinary fragments
>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdisciplinarity

>>>>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22inno.html?em&ex=121695840...
>>>> Several reasons for all the upstaging by those outside their fields
>>>> including:
>>>> 1.  The field jumper will often focus on issues eitirely overlooked by
>>>> those who do not stray from their field.
>>>> 2.  The field jumper brings fresh insights from his own field.
>>>> 3.  The field jumper isn't going to have the same prejudices of those
>>>> stuck in their field.
>>>> 4.  The field jumper will naturally be a little brash.  ("Waddya mean
>>>> we can't do it?")
>>>> A prof told us about crosspollination/cross training years ago, I've
>>>> heard it several times since and I've posted about it several times
>>>> over the years.
>>>> My favorite example was MRI, invented by a chemist who for some reason
>>>> had to work with physicists.
>>>> DOE would do well to have a program which paid scientists and
>>>> engineers to switch fields for 6 months - year.
>>>> Most of the breakthroughs come in the first 6 months.

>>> This time, no dodgin'

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