issue 220 新手文,尽管拍死

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TOPIC: ISSUE220 - "The increase in knowledge is forcing people to specialize. As a result, the distance between fields of specialization has become so vast that specialists in different areas are rarely able to influence each other."

The author asserts that the increasingknowledge has forced people to be specialists and the experts in differentfields have little chances to share their opinion. I strongly disagree with this claim because the social facts tell us that considerable progress has been made in interdisciplinary fields in all ages.

Take a look into history and we can find several distinguished models ofmasters with generalizing knowledge. For example, Vince, one of three giants inRenaissance, is now considered as an artist as well as a scientist, even aninventor. When observing the "Mona Lisa", Vince's masterpiece, peoplecan find numerous geometry elements, such as circles, diameter lines and isoscelestriangles. In other words, the "Mona Lisa" is actually thecombination of mathematics and arts. Besides, Vince is also a forerunner whobrings anatomy into painting. This example illustrates that the intercommunionof different areas can be established between two fields that commonly regardas "independent", and its products are highly appreciated by peoplefrom ancient time to contemporary era.

When it comes to the present age, the trend of subjects confusion becomes evenmore frequent. The coupling of biology and chemistry leads to the foundation ofbiochemistry, which is vital to the modern medicine industry and biotechnology.Similarly, the computer science is based on the union of physics and logic. Mydepartment head once cited:" The traditional subjects, such as chemistry,biology, are now coming up against some bottlenecks. The only way to conquerthem is to take some advantages of other subjects." Without thedevelopment of microscopes, our microbiologists would never confirm theexistence of virus; without the invent of computer, the electric communicationwould still be a dream, neither the artificial intelligence. In a word, themodern science and technology is just like fishing net. If some stringsdisappear, the net would be broken and the "big fish" would never becaught.

However, some people may argue that the amount of knowledge is growing so fastthat it's nearly impossible for people to specialize in such many fields. Ihave to admit that this problem actually exists and my solution to it is thatwe should cultivate generalists as well as specialists. The generalistsare responsible for integrating various kinds of information and providingideas, while the duties of specialists are to realize these ideas.

In sum, we can conclude that the author fails to recognize some historicfacts and underestimates the creativity of human beings. From my point of view,with the help of internet and search engine, it will be quite easy for peopleto hurdle the barriers between different fields and make new progress.