Comments on: Unsolved Mysteries http://haqqmisra.wordpress.com/2006/06/18/unsolved-mysteries/ We are but a single member of a cosmic community whose extent reaches farther than imagination. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:46:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://haqqmisra.wordpress.com/2006/06/18/unsolved-mysteries/#comment-236 Anonymous Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:23:27 +0000 http://blog.gravityatwork.com/2006/06/18/unsolved-mysteries/#comment-236 I remember a Newsweek interview with our friend Billy Gates. When asked what he reads, he responded, "Everything." T(Me)FP. I remember a Newsweek interview with our friend Billy Gates. When asked what he reads, he responded, “Everything.”

T(Me)FP.

]]> By: Jacob http://haqqmisra.wordpress.com/2006/06/18/unsolved-mysteries/#comment-237 Jacob Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:12:59 +0000 http://blog.gravityatwork.com/2006/06/18/unsolved-mysteries/#comment-237 If everyone was a complete Renaissance person, then we'd have a problem. But it's possible to be a "jack of many trades, master of one". To some degree, part of this is simply having diversified interests, so that the businessperson, for example, does not exclusively read the professionally relevant sections of the newspaper. This is part of the reason I decided to enter the exciting field of astrobiology. If everyone was a complete Renaissance person, then we’d have a problem.

But it’s possible to be a “jack of many trades, master of one”. To some degree, part of this is simply having diversified interests, so that the businessperson, for example, does not exclusively read the professionally relevant sections of the newspaper.

This is part of the reason I decided to enter the exciting field of astrobiology.

]]> By: Anonymous http://haqqmisra.wordpress.com/2006/06/18/unsolved-mysteries/#comment-235 Anonymous Mon, 19 Jun 2006 15:28:03 +0000 http://blog.gravityatwork.com/2006/06/18/unsolved-mysteries/#comment-235 ...and spreading oneself too thin, while good for the mind and total world view, can be detrimental to one's profession. If you're not *the person* to go to for knowledge, then you're just another person taking up space. …and spreading oneself too thin, while good for the mind and total world view, can be detrimental to one’s profession.

If you’re not *the person* to go to for knowledge, then you’re just another person taking up space.

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