‘Outsiders’ Crack 50-Year-Old Math Problem (2015)
Great story that reminds me of something I've had. There's just so much knowledge out there - and growing - that researchers have to be increasingly specialized. Isn't it inevitable that 4 years of undergrad + 1-2 yrs of grad school classes won't prepare you sufficiently to do novel research? Imagine when people have to be in school for something like 10 years before they know enough to do "real" work! And people will necessarily have to become more and more specialized, making situations like the one in the article even rarer.<p>Just a thought.