Some consideration about my work and work of millions of other researchers like me

The following considerations though refer to my personal life it can easily be extended to any researcher. An architect who is studying the best way to build a palace, an engineer who trying to improve the efficiency of an engine, an electronic expert who studying a new lighting system ....

During the years I gained knowledge on how to formulate blends and compounds based on thermoplastic polymers. My business took me to meet many such polymers PE, PP, ABS, PC, PS, PA6, PA66, PBAT, PBS, PHA, PLA ... and many additives eg antioxidants, light stabilizers, slip, release agents, mineral fillers, glass fibers, carbon fibers, wood fibers ....

I have always regretted myself feeling inadequate my knowledge on various materials as a result of the fact that over time I kept changing polymer, additive, reference ..... and never having the opportunity to specialize myself on a particular topic. In the past I thought to this point as my big problem, until I did not become aware of the fact, that I do not need to know "everything" on a particular subject but it is enough to have the mental resources to go to fill the holes when this becomes necessary.

Therefore, if at a certain time of life, I need to make some products based on PP, I am able to know what are the parameters I must to know and where to look. The melting point, the crystallization point, the resistance to the impact, the flexural modulus ... etc.

Sure I constantly repeating to myself that I have never achieved the specialization in a particular topic and I am never be able to have complete knowledge in any area. But this is precisely the fundamental error, even spending years and years to studying and working on a particular polymer, or on a particular class of additives, nobody will never be able to have access to all the knowledge on that particular subject. This also because even as I write these few lines thousands of people continue to study and to expand our own knowledge in the field in which I would like to know everything.

Now seems to be unavoidable the use of big computers that are able to read and analyze thousands of article, books, magazines in near real time and thanks to the development of artificial intelligence are also able to propose solutions or make accurate predictions.

But even these monsters of knowledge have their weak point: the need to constantly acquire new knowledge made available by thousands of researchers around the world continue to produce articles, books etc.

I often wondered to myself what will be my future work (and what will be the work of thousands of others researches like). If between 15-20 years we will be supplanted by super computers. If companies will need simply to subscribe for access to a super computer (like Watson) and do without all those thousands of researchers, developers, who by their silent work continue to make improvements (often small) to all materials, medicines, objects that surround us and with whom we come into contact every day.

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