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(S+) Useless specialists: Pilot Pirx and the curse of the experts

2022-09-23T16:21:28.612Z


A hammer only recognizes nails. And anyone who sees the world as a collection of viruses is not necessarily the most suitable Minister of Health. What a story by Stanislaw Lém teaches about specialization.


Lem 1975 in Kraków

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