I don't think anything would stop someone from publishing a great paper in physics or computer science on their own in 2021. Albert-Laszlo Barabasi's book The

I don't think anything would stop someone from publishing a great paper in physics or computer science on their own in 2021. Albert-Laszlo Barabasi's book The Formula is kind of about this. While nothing would stop an individual from publishing such a paper, outside a major company or university setting an individual wouldn't have the network to notice the paper basically.