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发表于 2008-1-27 11:32:30
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Issue 4
Generally speaking, it is impossible for anyone to get full knowledge of all fields at such an information age. While the advancement of any field is basically laid on the foundation of knowledge accumulated within that field, one critical point to be kept in mind is that only knowledge and experience from other fields can make it put forward significantly, since all fields of study actually interact in ways that can be perceived only in the context of a variety of disciplines.
As a matter of fact, different fields of study are intrinsically, profoundly and inevitably interrelated, more or less, to one another, and not a single one can be isolated. Consider how an anthropologist can enhance his knowledge about a civilization. He will need the expertise of an archeologist to unearth the evidence, a biochemist to analyze the relics, a geologist to identify the age of the tools and to help extrapolate about the civilization’s economy, trades and working pattern, life and mobility styles, and a linguistist to interpret hieroglyphic and local languages, and even a theologist to explain the mysterious rituals and symbols. Only when all involved expertise in diverse fields are able to work together properly toward the same goal and make contribution to it, can significant advancement be achieved in any field of study.
In modern society, the emergence of many new subjects is the result of the combination of two or more fields of study, which at the same time, with the adoption of multiplicate knowledge, brings about a large number of inventions and breakthroughs beneficial to human beings. When vocabulary like “biophysics” and “sociobiology” are compiled to the dictionary, we also see the success achieved in these “crossing subjects”. For example, the usage of computer science for anatomy breaks the limits of microcosmic world, which help present the magified images of the tissues and nerves on the screen and also make accurate calculation about the position and extent.
Moveover, if one field of study is isolated and even shut from the outside world, it would become like a pool of dead water, with no fresh stream coming in and bringing no life. Without evalution and tests from outside knowledge, none of its outcome can be put into effective or practical use. That is to say, it is impossible for it to gain significant advancement.
In sum, in an age of globalization and information explosion, no field of study can be an “autarky”. All subjects are related to each other and the understanding of the interplay will be the only way to make great advancement. With the availability of easier and faster communication and broader and deeper information sharing and knowledge absorbing, one have more opportunity to better develop his own field as well as obtain inspiration from others’. |
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