Spoiler alert: no, not really. There are 8 BILLION people in the world now, and most of the easy discoveries and inventions have already been made, and there are now rules and regulations about what you're even ALLOWED to do or try anymore. The days of individuals tinkering in their garages or happening upon an idea are long gone. New discoveries and inventions are now almost exclusively the domain of expensive university and government research labs. Too soon to,  too late to… 😒