I did not claim that Einstein worked in complete isolation. Paradigm shifting work is defined more by its relation to the current mainstream than by whether or

I did not claim that Einstein worked in complete isolation. Paradigm shifting work is defined more by its relation to the current mainstream than by whether or not it is worked on in isolation by someone generating all ideas independently. Of course that can't really happen. Wolfram too is refining the work of others as mentioned in the article.