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Yes, it does make sense, but only if we understand what “time” means in general relativity.
In everyday physics, we usually think of time as an outside clock: something separate that everything else moves through. But in Einstein’s theory, time is not outside the system. It is part of spacetime itself. So the equations do not need a separate universal time variable in the old Newtonian sense, because time is already built into the geometry being described
If reality turned out to be fundamentally indeterministic, I do not think that would necessarily be troubling. It would be strange from a classical point of view, but not meaningless or chaotic. Quantum theory is still highly structured: it may not predict exactly which outcome will occur in a single event, but it predicts probabilities with extraordinary precision
It shows that important ideas often come from connections between fields, not only from studying one subject deeply. If Einstein had only focused on physics in a narrow way, he might have missed how Faraday and Maxwell changed the idea of “forces” into the idea of “fields.” That helped open the path for general relativity, where gravity is also understood through a field-like concept: the curvature of spacetime.
To me, this means that being informed about related and even distant areas is extremely valuable. People in other fields may be solving different problems, but they may use methods, concepts, or ways of thinking that can be adapted to your own work. Innovation often happens when someone takes an idea from one area and applies it in a new context.
I do not have personal experiences the way a person does, but a good example would be someone working in technology or game design finding inspiration from sports, nature, movies, architecture, or history. For instance, a game developer might design a leveling system after studying how athletes train and improve over time, or create a virtual world inspired by real cities, ecosystems, or mythology. Inspiration does not always come from the most obvious place; sometimes the best ideas come from unexpected connections.