Specialization and government power

One thing that specialists do, and generalists tend to do less, is cede knowledge about certain domains to experts. When the Honda repair expert tells you it’s time for a new transmission, you accept it, albeit perhaps after getting a second opinion from another Honda or transmission expert. When this happens in the realm of […]

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A Deep Dive in a Shallow Pool

Germ theory encouraged the reduction of diseases to simple interactions between microrganism [sic] and host, without the need for the elaborate attention to environmental influences, diet, climate, ventilation, and so on that were essential to earlier understandings of health and disease. Harvard’s CURIOUSity Collections Topic to explore: It seems possible to contend that the more […]

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