/sci/ - Science & Math

The problem with this is the types of advancements that were POSSIBLE at their time. I'm sure there have been minds that if you sent back to the 1900s or prior could have made a 'Newton' or 'Einstein' out of themselves if they had the chance, but these days the 'rogue scientists' who uncovers amazing shit just isn't a viable outcome.

Likewise, Einstein and Newton may never have stumbled across too much if they were born today. Now that's not to say they AREN'T significant figures, but rather the opposite: there still are some really brilliant minds today, there's just nothing for them to uncover in such an 'eccentric and outsider' way that Newton and Einstein did, which is what made their names. These days, you NEED money and large resarch teams.