None of these advances would have been possible had researchers been operating according to the three-year plans that characterize much of current academia. So this year is perhaps a good moment to appreciate the visionaries who have understood that sustainable progress relies on the development of new and better theories whose impact may not be fully grasped for decades – indeed, that may continue to ramify 100 years later.
如果研究者一直根据当前学术界通行的三年计划进行研究，所有这些进步都不会发生。因此，今年也许是一次感谢空想家的良机，他们知道，可持续进步取决于更好更新理论的发展，这些新理论的影响也许需要几十年才能了解——事实上，有可能继续分叉发展100年才行。