I would think of it more like software development if hardware remained the same rather than science. Yes there are shifts in paradigms based on what the use ca

I would think of it more like software development if hardware remained the same rather than science. Yes there are shifts in paradigms based on what the use cases of the day are (and what the perceived shortcomings of the previous paradigm were), and yes there are some things that will be widely agreed to be advancements, also dead ends.