> It is nevertheless true that if we arrived on the scene too late for certain problems, we were also born too early to help solve others. I think this could b

> It is nevertheless true that if we arrived on the scene too late for certain problems, we were also born too early to help solve others. I think this could be used to describe almost any point in history though. The greatest discoveries in science have always required massive breakthroughs in thinking, that typically defy conventional intuition. Perhaps there are some rare moments in time following a major discovery where the fruitful areas of inquiry seem obvious. But “I don’t even know where to start looking for the next major scientific discovery” or “this hypothesis might be wrong and we could potentially spend the rest of time investigating it” seems to be the default state of trying to make major breakthroughs in science.