I have a more than vague understanding of the state of knowledge in most fields.

I have a more than vague understanding of the state of knowledge in most fields. It is possible to possess this understanding. It is just time consuming. And in part because filtering wisdom from folly, truth from falsehood, and honesty from lies is so problematic until one reaches the tipping point where we grasp enough to at entertain the ideas that have potential and those that do not.
In my study of human ignorance, error, bias, and deceit, I’ve discovered that knowledge of how humans err (which might be the purpose of studying philosophy) has universal utility, wheras the study of any given discipline has only particular utility.
In other words the siloing of the academy has been a catastrophe.

You might not realize it but our work on the natural law creates a framework for all knowledge, and a system for testing all claims whether scientific or not.