I came to suggest something similar. I often wonder how much this applies today. Academic science is currently heavily driven by funding of popular, low-risk r

I came to suggest something similar. I often wonder how much this applies today. Academic science is currently heavily driven by funding of popular, low-risk research. Also, without meaning any disrespect to Feynman or the advice, it's easy enough to say something like "disregard what others are doing" when you've won a Nobel. It's another thing to say this to people in just about any other inequivalent scenario, which is nearly everyone.