My hunch is this filter would be particularly bad for true talent but would be quite good to populate the workhorse ranks. Which would not a small feat. Underne

My hunch is this filter would be particularly bad for true talent but would be quite good to populate the workhorse ranks. Which would not a small feat. Underneath the exalted world of Class I scientists that open new vistas, the bread and butter in any field is the adaptation and application of techniques to "nearby" problems. Curiously there isnt a complete graduate level physics textbook collection in the modern style. Only individual examples here and there from different authors. With the heyday of physics and textbooks behind us its unlikely we see that ever happening.