> nowadays any science worth doing is going to require a lot of specialization first This seems like one of those seemingly-obvious points that everyone believ

> nowadays any science worth doing is going to require a lot of specialization first This seems like one of those seemingly-obvious points that everyone believes but has a decent chance of being proved completely wrong by an unexpected discovery or breakthrough. Assuming I understand you correctly; knowing which giants to stand on has consistently proven to be a requirement - both in science and engineering. But I see you're sort of alluding to this at the end of your comment, where you're not dismissing this effort as meaningless, but rather not a guaranteed success.