[FRIAM] The problems of interdisciplinary research

[Roger Critchlow]

Yeah, it seems like the premise of the cartoon, or maybe Jochen's
interpretation, was that people have limited scopes of application, and the
average scope of application doesn't include interdisciplinary research.
But there are people who have larger scope and have a lot of fun doing
interdisciplinary projects.  And if an interdisciplinary group can adapt to
its participant areas of strength, lots of interesting things can happen.

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On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 3:19 PM Frank Wimberly <wimberly3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I didn't read the article but Carnegie Mellon, where I worked for almost
> 20 years, prides itself on the amount of interdisciplinary research
> accomplished there..  Herb Simon had appointments in psychology, computer
> science, business and public policy, I believe.  I was a coauthor of papers
> in robotics, public policy, computer science and philosophy.
>
> On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 1:54 PM Jochen Fromm <jofr at cas-group.net> wrote:
>
>> Tom Gauld describes most of the problems of interdisciplinary research in
>> a single image
>>
>> https://www.newscientist.com/article/2389834-tom-gauld-on-areas-of-expertise/
>>
>> -J.
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