> It's worthwhile noticing that this propensity to leap ahead, self experiment and generally operate outside established strictures has always been a key featur

> It's worthwhile noticing that this propensity to leap ahead, self experiment and generally operate outside established strictures has always been a key feature of science . . . and art, business, sport, entertainment, politics…. Flocks of seagulls and pigeons do it too. A small percentage feeds on the outside of the flock. Many go hungry. Some die. The few that strike it rich through serendipity prosper. Some form whole new flocks with their generations of offspring. And so it goes.