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26 | Stuart Firestein on artful ignorance, failure, and neglect

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The Hedgehog in the Fox

Stuart Smith: Some people say that at the end you should specialize in one field. He says a half of what a scientist does is not experiments, but review papers and other sorts of things. In those areas, he says, "a healthy dose of pluralism is critical" We all appreciate expertise we all depend on expertise, especially in this complicated worldwe find ourselves in now, writes Smith.

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