Being young is often an advantage when finding something really elusive that is obvious with hindsight - I think Meltdown and at least Spectre 1 fall in this ca

Being young is often an advantage when finding something really elusive that is obvious with hindsight - I think Meltdown and at least Spectre 1 fall in this category. When you're older, you get influenced more by how things are meant to work, whereas when you're younger (or just new to an area), you make fewer assumptions. You ask the questions no-one else thought were worth asking, because the answer couldn't possibly be true - but then it is after all.