Expert Opinion

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The artists, writers and poets were known to take the multidisciplinary approach in their work.

That is true, but this aspect is independent of the question of whether an expert opinion is relevant in today's research or not.

By the way, some of the earlier polymaths also seem to have overestimated their own expertise. A proven, late example is Athanasius Kircher and his work on Egyptian hieroglyphics.