The funny thing is that the theory of evolution is an instance of multiple discoverers, one is just much more famous than the other. Alfred Russel Wallace is "t

The funny thing is that the theory of evolution is an instance of multiple discoverers, one is just much more famous than the other. Alfred Russel Wallace is "the other guy." There are a few examples of truly heroic discoveries, but often they aren't recognized in their lifetime, the discovery needs other supporting discoveries to be identified. Mendel and Bayes are examples of people who should have revolutionized their field, but their importance wasn't recognized u til after their deaths. The progress of society is based on a lot of little discoveries over a few big ones. I agree that we need to be encouraging people to make those little discoveries.