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veen  ·  1783 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Peculiar Blindness of Experts

My interest is also definitely piqued. I consider myself a generalist, but I also know it’s a weakness of mine to get lost in the substance of things. I sometimes think about this in D&D terms - you have points for Wisdom, which someone once explained to me as how big your world is. Experts look only at the small plot of land that is their niche, while generalists enjoy and wander around the endless fields of study. Experts have intelligence, but not always have wisdom.