Random Thought #76

So as I read more, the people I seem to identify with and who make the most sense to me seem to have a common mantra towards learning. They are against specialization and much more for generalization. Now many think that the trade-off between the two is that if you specialize, you can study deeper and in much greater detail, whereas if you go more of the generalist route, you can only understand things at a higher level. Not so with these folks, they believe that you should study both wide and deep. The concern is that with such a narrow focus, you miss our on so much more around you. You lose the context. I watched a video once that ran a number of tests on babies and they basically found that you learn fastest in your first 6 months and that you pretty much learn most of what you're going to learn by the time you are 6 years old. Many may wonder how that is possible but if you look at them, they are always wide-eyed and always curious. They often listen and don't talk and they take in their entire surroundings. Maybe that's partly what it means when we are told to be child-like. So much of the world is naturally biased in one way or another and some to the point of excluding all other possibilities. Its the open-minded people who usually succeed and get along with others. Food for thought. He who knows he doesn't know is wise but he who doesn't know that he doesn't know thinks he knows and is foolish.