scientists then
>Nichopedes of Euripides measured the circumfrence of Neptune using a leaf, a rock, his severed finger, and shadows.
>Augustus Aquintosh was an 18th century English priest known for his contributions to mathematics, logic, theology, physics, the cataloguing of ladybugs, and the theory of aesthetics.
Scientists now
>Chaim Herschelstein is a New York born Harvard Neuro-Neurologist-Psychologist who is known for his theory that brain scans and experimental psychology can give fundamental information about free will, the big bang, the existence of God, and the identicalness of all races and genders.
>Tae Sun Woo is an American mathematician who skipped 15 grades and university years from the age of 1 and who has made fundamental contributions in Delta-Sigma-Banach-Triploski Onomatoepoeaic Implosion theory.
Is specialisation / modernity cancer?
>>7885698
>Nichopedes of Euripides
nice meme
i googled this post and it came up as a sci copypasta
>>7885714
Ya did good kid
No, it's necessary. Fact of the matter is, our body of knowledge is much larger today than it was 200, or even 30 years ago. More knowledge requires more specialization, there's simply not enough time in a human's life to become specialized enough to contribute in multiple fields (with few exceptions).
It is merely horizontal advancement, and fascinating for the mature observer of culture. As to what stunning progress you have personally contributed to mankind I do not know, but perhaps with your insightful comparison you may yet move oceans
Picking the worst today vs the best then. Gee op, you sure like eating cock.
>>7885733
>worst today
Looooong way off