Re:First open-access data from large collider confirm subato...
by digi_owl on Sunday October 01, 2017 @05:07PM
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Indeed. More and more discoveries these days come from cross-field interactions.
Things like a prof from one field walking past a blackboard with some formula or other for a different field and noticing that it is remarkably similar to something he knows intimately, or a solved problem in his field.
Similarly fresh eyes may notice or question something that trained eyes has overlooked virtually by habit.
That said, there is a risk that one get a "eternal september" scenario where any useful input is drowned in the flood of noise from a stampeding horde of newcomers.
Things like a prof from one field walking past a blackboard with some formula or other for a different field and noticing that it is remarkably similar to something he knows intimately, or a solved problem in his field.
Similarly fresh eyes may notice or question something that trained eyes has overlooked virtually by habit.
That said, there is a risk that one get a "eternal september" scenario where any useful input is drowned in the flood of noise from a stampeding horde of newcomers.