Ah, my learning journey is taking me to many places, despite the hurdles that I've encountered along the way. Still, I have no clear idea how I'm going to apply what I'm learning to my career.

Finished reading DNA: The Secret of Life by James Watson and a few things became very apparent to me.

First and foremost, Francis Crick and James Watson didn't discovered DNA. Someone else did. Their efforts were in the elucidating the molecule's structure.

That said, both Francis Crick and James Watson were not chemists by training. Crick is a physicist, Watson is a biologist. How they overcome these hurdles were impressive, considering that these took place half a century ago.

They were open to ideas. They took note of any journals that they came across, read and try to link back to their current quest, whether or not it was in their field. That's how the two received their training in areas they had no expertise in. The pair also collaborated closely with chemists and physicist, that's where they receive X-ray crystallogy and possible molecule structures from.

And the pair represents a start in an increasingly prominent trend. Scientists are more cross-trained than ever, they are teaming up more and they are achieving more in their non-primary fields.

These confirmed my objectives that I should have a wholesome education. And I think, wholesome means a lot.

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