@rianvdm @simondlr There is such a thing as synergy.

Learning is not zero-sum.

@rianvdm @simondlr #AltText4You Comic with 4 panels.

1. Happy figure 1 has one skill maxed to “Great” on a “Bad Good Great” scale. “You can achieve greatness if you focus fully on one thing”.

2. Sad figure 2 has many skills in the Bad and Good side. “If you have too many interests you will never reach your full potential”.

3. Figure 2 climbs their skills “Wait, where the F are you going?”

5. They climbed a wall. They now see the beautiful ocean on the other side.

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#AltText4You
Four-panel comic by skeletonclaw.com

First panel shows a graph with X-axis labeled Bad / Good / Great . A horizontal bar labeled "Skill" goes across, and a man stands on it. Text: You can achieve true greatness if you focus fully on one thing.

Second panel shows graph with same x-axis,, y-axis has many bars labeled "Skill", all in the range Bad to Good. The man is looking up at the bars. Text: If you have too many interests, you'll never reach your full potential.

Third panel shows man climbing up the bars of the graph as if they were a ladder. Text: Wait, where the fuck are you going?

Fourth panel shows man at top of ladder, sitting on a wall overlooking a calm ocean with mountains in the distance.

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"it is important for him who wants to discover not to confine himself to one chapter of science, but to keep in touch with various others."

– Jacques Hadamard, "An Essay on The Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field" (1949)

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So much love for this

@rianvdm @simondlr loving the philosophy of this, in a way it implies getting a better overview of everything when standing on top of your various skills/interests!

nothing wrong with being interested in everything around you IMHO.

Many things have intersectional truths and patterns that you don't find if you only focus on a single subject.

I'd say to achieve true greatness you need to be able to think outside the box, which doesn't work if you only focus on the contents of the box :)

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I love the word "omnipotential" (potential ~ possibility) but it is way too close to omnipotence to describe someone with it.

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I will never draw like Hergé, but I http://sylvainulg.blogspot.com/

I will never paint like Henk Nieborg, but I http://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/search/label/pixels

I will never play music like Lindsey Stirling, but I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8WtDBkf3iA

I will never tell tales like Tokien, but I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1npqKzBeIM&list=PLC_MuUwU7hm-FivNP6hxaedq7ti2tiWYs

I will never code like KB, but I http://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/search/label/coding

I will never design games like Miyamoto, but I http://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/search/label/game%20design

Good skills together are merged to make homebrew games. And I love it

@rianvdm @simondlr oh wow, this was vindicating straight to my core.

I think I need to print this out.

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Excellent cartoon, witty and wise!

My alias here is The Roamer for a reason! Specialising on a particular field is important, it's necessary. But wandering around the whole landscape puts our specialism into context. It makes us better specialists.

@rianvdm @simondlr as a kid, I could never get into RPGs partially because "focus on one or two skills" seemed ridiculous to me. What kind of silly person would only put points into int or str rather than balancing them all!?

And then the game would basically become impossible after an hour or two of that 😆