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In a pro-science society, we'd all be able to participate in the human project — a landscaper notes a yet-undescribed interaction between warring ant colonies, a housekeeper notices a new trend in urban mold. We'd not pride ourselves on accepting our own cognitive impoverishment.
Consider for a moment that a housekeeper may have 20+ years of experience, 40-80 hours/week, learning the regional ins-and-outs of locating mold, removing it via a variety of physical + chemical agents, anticipating regrowth, etc. How many mold researchers consult w housekeepers?
For your consideration: Lyme disease. Here's the Wikipedia-level explanation of the history of the discovery of Lyme in Old Lyme, CT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease …pic.twitter.com/4nwCub1jJi
...and here's the beginning of the story, wiped entirely or reduced to a one-liner or footnote in most popular summaries: https://www.ozy.com/flashback/solving-the-mystery-of-lyme-disease/82008 …pic.twitter.com/6JEVs8m04d
related: how much knowledge is lost because the people who discover/hold it do not write it down or pass it on?
conversely, how much is our knowledge biased due to the wider distribution of people who scored well on tests & now spend their time writing grants & getting published?
Your house keepers take down your drywall? Man, now I feel like mine are lazy.
Now I'm imagining my house keepers cleaning behind the drywall, going under the house to eliminate pests, power washing the driveway, washing solar panels, etc., all in their 30 minute window. They drive up in their van, unload like a pack of oompaloompas and swarm the place.
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