i don&#x27;t have much of a reason to believe that breakthroughs need to be regular, since by nature they are unpredictable.<p>in a monstrously reductive sense, I feel like this article is analyzing a series of coin flips and commenting on a streak of tails.<p>it doesn&#x27;t help that the scope of the topic is far broader than could be covered in the given text, and entire fields were ignored out of existence.<p>in all, I was entertained, so I&#x27;m happy.