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TOPIC: ISSUE4 - "No field of study canadvance significantly unless outsiders bring their knowledge and experience tothat field of study."
WORDS: 459 TIME: 60min DATE: 2008-2-16
I fundamentally agree with the author'sassertion that the knowledge and experience of other fields will greatlyaccelerate the development of a certain field. Yet it is also irrational toplace overmuch emphasis on outside knowledge and experience, and all myperspectives will be presented as follows.
First, it is always necessary or even desirablefor some diverse fields to work together for the purpose of advancing a certainstudy's development. A simple example will serve to illustrate this point; knowledgeand experience of different subjects’ background always cooperate in insurance agent: mathematical tools not only workout rate of compensation, but also help to reveal economic fluctuation from aquantitative point; while experience of marketing help to bring company moreprofits. It is their efforts together that enhance the insurance field'sdevelopment. Another example, in the Apollo Project, there were more thaneighty research agent from diverse subjects working together to guarantee theastronauts to land on moon successfully. From above aspects, we can conclude thatdiverse fields' cooperation can serve to promote a certain study or mission' progress.
Second, with assimilating other fields'knowledge means obtaining potential effective tools for a certain field'sresearch, and therefore benefits the development of the field in the long run.In this information era, nearly all subjects are developing rapidly, withapproaching outside field's research fruits, researchers will surely enlargetheir horizons, and perhaps stimulate them to consider questions in a completelynew angle, which could serve to solve their own research problems much moreefficiently. For instance, it is always impossible for a programmer to exploit excellentsoftware with his own effort, yet with the introduction of art-which is used toimprove software’s appearance, their software will be friendlier to accept, andtherefore be more excellent.
In the final analysis, it is alsoinfeasible to overstate the function of other field’s knowledge andexperiences. After all, they will distract researcher's attention on their ownfields. Even in some cases, the theory or practice of other field will severelyaffect the original study's normal research. For example, there is no way tointroduce pseudoscience (like fortune-telling) into mainstream science. Moreover,without mastering fundamental knowledge of original subject, it is difficultfor one to make great contributions to his or her subject just by means ofintroducing into other field’s knowledge.
In conclusion, I fundamentally agree withthe author's conclusion, for other fields' knowledge and experience will notonly provide necessary tools or new thoughts for the original research, butalso enlarge researchers' horizon. Yet, to overemphasis outside knowledge andexperience is also irrational, for it make researchers run the risk of wasting timeand distracting attention. Only when the researchers have mastered enough basicknowledge can they utilize outside knowledge effectively. |
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