Obviously, then, what is needed is not only people with a good background in a particular field, but also people capable of making a connection between item 1 and item 2 which might not ordinarily seem connected. […]
Isaac Asimov, “How Do People Get New Ideas?”
That [ability to make a cross-connection] is the crucial point that is the rare characteristic that must be found […]
It is only afterward that a new idea seems reasonable
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