Comment by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK

Looks like the observations is that "science is less disruptive than ever", and the proposed solution is to fund more random/weird research projects. But the former happens because all the low-hanging high-impact/low-cost research has been done already. You can't make a major discovery anymore using just your pulse and a couple of balls. So the historical analogies do not apply. The proposals to "ignore the worst", "don't gatekeep" will not work because the set of all possible research proposals is infinite, but money is not.