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Letter: Beginner's luck?

Published 30 January 2013

From John Chubb

Peter Bauer in his letter notes the need for curiosity to overcome established information and experience (19 January, p 31). In my experience it is when entering a new field, where you don’t know the accepted ideas, that useful new approaches often arise.

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK

Issue no. 2902 published 2 February 2013

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