Good counterpoints. I like your argument that over-specialization and funding incentives lead to narrow and siloed research. Perhaps the system is biased toward more depth and less breadth if you model knowledge that way? And if we suppose the two are interrelated, with breadth sometimes constraining depth and depth sometimes constraining breadth, the system is kind of stuck, isn't it?
Good counterpoints. I like your argument that over-specialization and funding incentives lead to narrow and siloed research. Perhaps the system is biased toward more depth and less breadth if you model knowledge that way? And if we suppose the two are interrelated, with breadth sometimes constraining depth and depth sometimes constraining breadth, the system is kind of stuck, isn't it?