>>I think it's quite unlikely his solo work in a new domain will leapfrog an entire field of researchers. Sometimes, an outsider with his novel or even a diffe

>>I think it's quite unlikely his solo work in a new domain will leapfrog an entire field of researchers. Sometimes, an outsider with his novel or even a different way of looking at things can contribute disproportionately to a field. Even experts have blind spots, often they show in the form of bias. If you know something is hard or near impossible to do, you are unlikely to try. If you don't know at times it's possible to stumble upon a solution by merely bringing a new way of thinking to the table.