I attended a fascinating roundtable a few years ago at a university which had on the panel a professor from the med school, an economist, a political scientist, and a historian. The topic was health care access and reform and the discussion was eye-popping. No, they were not aligned politically, and they all came from different disciplines and were trained to look at facts and interpret them in a very different way.
But the actual conversation (no labels- just a discussion) was incredible. And a very powerful learning experience for the rest of us- who despite doing our own “research” are NOT distinguished professors of medicine, or historians, or political scientists, or economists. And to hear from people who interpret the available data for a living- wow.