Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is roughly the same as putting a group of random people and telling them to think outside the box which in my experiences never yields much of thinking outside of the box
> This is roughly the same as putting a group of random people In the book Range by David Epstein [0], he mentions that research has shown that groups of people with very mixed backgrounds leads to much faster rates of problem solving and innovation. The reasoning is that someone will have an experience or piece of knowledge that directly applies to the problem. As an example, two different groups were given the same…
i mean i agree diversity of opinion is good for problem solving, but the comment you were replying to is saying telling people to think outside the box doesnt really do anything. The e.g. also seems really cherry picked, im sure after a 100 samplings, the academics would solve the problem faster most of the time