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/^t/First of all, during the studies a student is "forced" by a curriculum to choose less and less subjects which automatically leads to concentrating on a very narrow segment of knowledge. This in turn means putting less effort in studying other, in one's opinion less important subjects. The most obvious example of negative consequences of such a narrow specialization is incompetence of medicine doctors. Having great and detailed knowledge in one field they very frequently cannot diagnose properly illnesses of a more general nature.