RE: Toggling nature's auto-erase

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 16 2001 - 02:06:26 GMT

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    Hi Joe E. Dees -

    >isn't that what specialization's all about?

    Yup. Learning more and more about less and less until we know it all
    about nothing, to use that little phrase....

    Yes, though, specialization is an evolutionary trick too.

    But, I again look at the topic, and remember why I posted that article in
    the first place.

    What about the triggers of forgetting?

    >there can be a
    >trading off of breadth for depth.

    Or a narrowing of focus due to the walls caving in....

    - Wade

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