E.O. Wilson: Advice to young scientists

Jack of All Trades

Jack of All Trades is the way to go...

Bandit Problem

Multi Armed bandit Problem:
Originally considered by Allied scientists in World War II, it proved so intractable that, according to Peter Whittle, it was proposed the problem be dropped over Germany so that German scientists could also waste their time on it.

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
-- Douglas Adams in 'The Restaurant at the End of the Universe'

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