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You re almost creating a straw man. There have probably been scientists as intelligent or more intelligent than einstein, but worked on fields that proved fruit
by buboard 8y ago
You re almost creating a straw man. There have probably been scientists as intelligent or more intelligent than einstein, but worked on fields that proved fruitless, or didn't manage to finish their work within a lifetime. There is a large element of luck in any research, which has to align with capability. The matter at hand is how to keep those promising people in a science career and not the just the ones that publish a lot. Publishing negative but honest results is a step. Though i hope it doesn't end up becoming gamed as well.
- whatshisface 8y agoEinstien did his Nobel prize winning work (the photoelectric effect) very early in life, and then went on to continually make big successes. If he had started out spinning his wheels he would have had plenty of time to switch.
- buboard 8y agothat doesnt mean he was immune to unsuccessful investigations, in which he spent a large part of his later life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein%27s_unsuccessful_investigations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein%27s_unsuccessful_inve...