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		Qworg on Oct 29, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Let researchers try new paths PhDs are professional dilettantes? I've always seen it as exactly the opposite - they are hyperfocused in their field of study.

duopixel on Oct 29, 2016 [–]

They're professional dilettantes because they are researching areas of human knowledge where nobody has gone before (however small or specialized).

Qworg on Oct 29, 2016 | [–]

Ah, I never took amateur that way!

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