Luis on Chemists

Mike Ware (mike@mikeware.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 9 May 1996 14:12:56 +0000

On 9 May 1996 Luis Nadeau wrote:

>Like most chemists, his area of expertise and understanding is very
>narrow and he did make mistakes in areas that were not immediately
>related to his field of research. This is perfectly normal though. I
>have on many occasions corrected top chemists who work for Kodak,
>Ilford, etc., when they ventured on thin ice just outside their field.
>BTW, this is the reason folks why you often don't get a reply on this
>list when you write "perhaps a chemist could answer this or that".
>Everybody is so specialized nowadays that it is impossible to know about
>all aspects of chemistry (among other things)

It's also just possible, folks, that you don't get a reply because these
narrow chemists are so busy trying to discover new knowledge that they
don't have time to keep repeating the same old knowledge that is available
to anyone prepared to read a book, use a library, or even an e-archive!

Mike