The former distrust of specialization has been supplanted by its opposite, a distrust of generalization. Not only has man become a specialist in practice, he is being taught that special facts represent the highest form of knowledge.

How harmful overspecialization is. It cuts knowledge at a million points and leaves it bleeding.

It has been said that a specialist is a barbarian whose ignorance is not well-rounded

The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.

There can be no expertise in innovation unless there is also expertise in demolishing the ensconced.

Too much respect for other people's wisdom will make you depreciate your own.

Familiarity destroys reverence.

To assume all the knowledge to be given to a single mind...is to disregard everything that is important and significant in the real world.

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Wikipedia lacks the habit or tradition of respect for expertise. As a community, far from being elitist (which would, in this context, mean excluding the unwashed masses), it is anti-elitist (which, in this context, means that expertise is not accorded any special respect, and snubs and disrespect of expertise is tolerated).

We Shouldn't Presume That A Group Of Experts Somehow Knows What's Best.

I don't believe in this specialization. Who said there's one breed of cat which is an account executive, and then there are the creative people – and they are quite different? This has been perpetuated by both sides for years. It's nonsense.

When people start rejecting the fundamental understanding of the world that scientific process brings you, well, that's bad in my opinion.

Belief is the enemy of knowledge.