E.O. Wilson, in "Consilience," points out that modern science is transdisciplinary science. Wanting (and needing) to be transdisciplinary kept me from getting a Ph.D., as researchers must narrowcast to a single subject area and a few related areas.https://twitter.com/GaryMarcus/status/1200791300330545154 …
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It's so crazy. A researcher told me a big part of the problem is the way academics don't get credit and advancement if they publish in the "wrong" journals -- journals not in their field. A lack of transdisciplinariness is particularly harmful in medical research.
yes, i have seen it firsthand. it's part of why I retired very early from the academy. terrible for medical research, terrible for science in general.
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I would love to see a movement to change this in the way
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