The Age of the Obvious
From historical writings of doctor Amma Tut, Cambridge Learning Hub.
The 20th and 21st centuries, in the ancient Gregorian calendar, have been described as an age of great scientific hubris. Due to a relatively large number of scientific breakthroughs and in a relatively short period of time, people of this period believed they'd have all of the universe worked out by the end of the 21st century. They thought that, barring a cataclysm of global scale, the rate of scientific innovation could only accelerate. It is due to this attitude that many historians with a humorous inclination like to call this period The Age of the Obvious.
It is true that the people of that time made an unprecedented number of discoveries - a record never to be challenged in the times to follow. However, this wasn't due to brilliance or hard work as much as it was because the people finally agreed to let go of completely fallacious beliefs. These 'world views' had practically kept people from recognizing the most obvious aspects of the physical world throughout the preceding millennia. Hence, it's no wonder that things such as penisilline, nuclear power, and electronic computing were invented and developed so quickly.
By the end of the 21st century, this process had already slown down considerably. Discoveries were still made on a regular basis but they were further between and of lesser importance than those that came before. Hype technologies, such as quantum computers and nanotechnology were developed but they proved to have far more obstacles and limitations than predicted. One reason for this was - and still is - that the capacity of the human brain is simply limited. One needs to do more and more studying simply to understand the basic concepts science deals with these days. Recent speedlearning technologies have alleviated this somewhat, and, not surpricingly, caused another wave of unfounded hope of quick progress.
History has shown us the truth, and history will show it again.