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143. 143.No field of study can advance significantly unless it incorporates knowledge and experience from outside that field.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

The issue claims that only by incorporating knowledge and experience from outside a field, can that field of study advance significantly. I entirely approve this assertion since we are living in a world filled with complicated problems to handle which we need combination of different opinions in different disciplines.

Nowadays, knowledge has proven to be like an intertwined network, owing to that any field of study is based on the observation, reflection, investigation and abstraction of the essence of our real world. Take biology engineer for example, to make a well-functioned project, the engineer need a long observation of a phenomenon, like ferment, a precise reflection of the features, a well-conducted investigation of details, like the microorganism and the equipment, and a valid abstraction of process. To make it, he needs an integrated knowledge of microbiology, cell biology, molecule biology, genetic engineering, fermentology, mechanics and engineering. So do some other branches of learning.

Admittedly, any subject should have its own distinct characteristics that separate it from other subjects. However, even the most seemingly absolutely irrelevant fields inevitably have necessary links, which indicates that our world as a integrity in which a diversity of fields are more or less, explicitly or implicitly, depend on each other. For instance, it looks like no correlation existed between biology and literature generally. But in fact, when it comes to the fictions, a form of literature, it may include some advanced discoveries of most recent researches to make the plots more gripping and fantastic. On the other hand, biologists need the knowledge of literature to describe their findings more realistic and picturesque and thus to convince their colleagues contemporary.

Accordingly, as the statement contends, no field of study could advance significantly unless outsiders bring their knowledge and experience to that field of study. For example, with the help of mathematics, the physics progressed considerably. Many milestones are proposed after the combination, such as the law of universal gravitation, the theory of relativity and the black hole. Nonetheless, before this unity, physics were overwhelmed by the prevalent influence of theology. Another example is pharmaceutics. Before the importation of genetic engineering, the efficiency was disappointing, but after that, it rises remarkably.

Consequently, with the rapid development of technology and economy, many previous problems have been solved, but at the same time, more complex ones emerged. Since all the domains of study are tightly connected, we are required an interdisciplinary knowledge to tackle these issues.