Serendipity
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An unplanned fortunate discovery
Having and seeking a wide area of knowledge might increase chances of running across serendipitous discoveries.
E.g. There must have been serendipitous moments in the uncovering of the
Curry-Howards-Lambeck correspondence that links propositional logic, type theory, and category theory.
(And has as it turned out very big relevancy in purely functional programming).
Related
External links
- Wikipedia: Serendipity
Having and seeking a wide area of knowledge
- Generalist – tendentially negative connotation
- Jack of all trades (but master of none)
This can be turned around though:
"Jack of all trades, and master of none, but better at all, than nigh everyone."
- Polymath – very positive connotation
- T-shaped_skills – also Pi-shaped skills – this seems like a case of shelving people to much
- 2009-05-27 How to Learn About Everything (From Eric K. Drexlers metamodern blog – internetarchive)
