GoKawiilEssay argues the 'ideas are getting harder to find' thesis is wrong
A researcher pushes back on the popular claim—voiced by commentators like Scott Alexander and Holden Karnofsky and researcher Dean Keith Simonton—that scientific low-hanging fruit has been exhausted and discovery is inevitably slowing. The author, prompted by a discouraged research assistant, argues this view is mistaken and discourages people from pursuing original research.