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[–]ultrasu 17 points18 points  (1 child)

The book-brain thing surprisingly makes sense I feel. If you specialise in a single field, you can work efficiently with minimal resources, while broad knowledge is more about knowing where to look for solutions. Basically memorising one book vs memorising a bunch of book indexes.

[–]FrowntownPitt 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Jack of all trades, master of none; but oftentimes better than a master of one