In the earlier stages of research, diversity will be sought, many things will be tried. It will be "let a thousand flowers bloom", because that's the way most i

In the earlier stages of research, diversity will be sought, many things will be tried. It will be "let a thousand flowers bloom", because that's the way most industries start, when no one really yet understands how to do it. It's experimental, trial and error. Those that don't will be surpassed by those who do. ... of course, later, there is often a consolidation phase, after the way to do it is understood, which might not be so egalitarian, and made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science.