Venturing outside your field is also part of what drives discovery itself, not a post-Nobel symptom, because you see the new field with a fresh set of eyes rather than textbook-brainwashed eyes.
replyA lot of discoveries are made by someone who "imported" insights from one field to another.
> Venturing outside your field is also part of what drives discovery itself, not a post-Nobel symptom
replyThis is precisely what I meant to say (and seemingly failed) and why I upvote you!