I have my suspicions about the second point: “Can be done by people who aren’t subject matter experts.” The whole concept of doing research projects in areas about which one knows little doesn’t strike me as a good idea. GIGO is a real problem not solvable by fancy number manipulations.
I do like cross-disciplinary raids and excursions, but they involve bringing the tools, techniques, and insights of one discipline to another field and not just amateurs breezing in.
I have my suspicions about the second point: “Can be done by people who aren’t subject matter experts.” The whole concept of doing research projects in areas about which one knows little doesn’t strike me as a good idea. GIGO is a real problem not solvable by fancy number manipulations.
I do like cross-disciplinary raids and excursions, but they involve bringing the tools, techniques, and insights of one discipline to another field and not just amateurs breezing in.
I have in mind the people organizing what subject matter experts have written.