> Most of the scientific breakthroughs are achieved by select few super talented scientists. It isn't at all clear that this is true. A lot of real advances a

> Most of the scientific breakthroughs are achieved by select few super talented scientists. It isn't at all clear that this is true. A lot of real advances are made by a largish collection of people plugging away and sharing ideas. We really love the narrative around the archetype of a lone inventor, but it's rarely that clear cut. This is exacerbated by the incentive structures - we want to pick "winners". This isn't to say that there aren't people who really stand out, far from it. But it's probably a mistake to account too much progress to them.