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borrowing another field's toolkit because your own ran out of ideas.
means an approach that combines methods or insights from multiple distinct fields to solve a problem neither could crack alone.
from emerged mid-20th century as academia fractured into hyper-specialized silos, then panicked and invented committees to reconnect them.
vs interdisciplinarycrossdisciplinary keeps fields separate, just borrowing tools
nobel baitmany nobel prizes reward exactly this collision
origin era1970s university reform movements pushed the term