Maybe we should have scientists rotate through unrelated professions on a pre-set schedule?
Just putting it out there. Killing scientists to stimulate progress is out for ethical reasons, obviously.
Just putting it out there. Killing scientists to stimulate progress is out for ethical reasons, obviously.
Unfortunately, I feel this is similar to that one dessert on the front page of the menu at an expensive restaurant. It looks delicious and tastes even better, but as soon as the bill comes you wondered what in the world you were thinking.
Could be a good system, but I don't see the professors endorsing it.
The established institution of a sabbatical year (every 7 or so years) fits into this. China also tried a ... not entirely unrelated approach in the 1960s. With mixed results.