Intellectual range—the opposite of ever-greater specialization—is very important for producing substantive intellectual work, and institutions should recover the practice of giving people periods of freedom to explore diverse interests.
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Iain McGilchristEvidence Quote
“this business of range which is exactly the opposite for the tendency towards ever greater specialism is very very important and I think that more institutions ought to follow what happened in the 60s which was you know um institutions used to take people that had proved themselves to be intelligent and give them Car Wash and they gave them an office gave them a you know an income for a few years”
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