- [[specialization speeds up scientific progress]], [[specialization leads to knowledge fragmentation]], [[philosophy of science]], [[abstraction]], [[modularity]] # Idea # References - https://leananki.com/zettelkasten-method-smart-notes/ ## Quotes - https://leananki.com/zettelkasten-method-smart-notes/ > The visionary Vannevar Bush states Mendel’s case: Mendel’s concept of the laws of genetics was lost to the world for a generation because his publication did not reach the few who were capable of grasping and extending it; and this sort of catastrophe is undoubtedly being repeated all about us, as truly significant attainments become lost in the mass of the inconsequential. > The trouble is, as the number of specializations increased, the gap between disciplines also grew. Every discipline got split up into many disciplines, and as soon as you know, there were a lot of them to choose from. (How undisciplined!) The increasing gap would then make it difficult to keep up with knowledge — let alone make use of them. (Bush, 1945)