[pharmakom]

There was also much more low hanging fruit back then. Making significant contributions to a field only required scratching the surface.

[morelisp]

This feels more like a defense for some mid like a Plato than a Wittgenstein or Kripke.

[wolverine876]

That is said in every field at (almost) every time.

[mensetmanusman]

Just create new fields.